Putin promises Xi to 'fight for five years' in Ukraine

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Analysis: Putin promises Xi to 'fight for five years' in Ukraine
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The siege of Ceuta lasted for more than thirty years.

I've never heard of that historic event (or the city itself, for that matter), so I looked it up:

  • Ceuta is a city on the north coast of Africa across the strait from Gibraltar. It's currently an autonomous city owned by Spain (and Morocco is apparently still pissed off about that).

  • The siege @Andrzej is apparently referring to happened from 1694 to 1727, with a brief interruption in 1720-1721 when defenders' reinforcements showed up, forced the attackers to retreat to Tétouan, tried to capture that city for a few months, and then gave up and left again.

  • Apparently, the reason it lasted so long without succeeding is that Ceuta was getting resupplied by sea. In other words, the lack of accompanying naval blockade made it kind of a shitty siege.

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