The Ukrainian military also wounded 5,000 occupiers.
Intelligence officer Ilya Samoilenko during an online briefing at the Azovstal plant said that the Ukrainian military killed 2.5 thousands of Russian soldiers and wounded another 5,000 occupiers.
It is noted that this is more than 15% of the military losses of their army.
“We also destroyed more than 60 tanks and damaged another 30 – this is 10% of their losses. And also destroyed 10% of the occupiers' artillery systems,” he said. Samoilenko.
The intelligence officer also spoke of the heroism of Mariupol's defenders: “No one expected us to stand still for so long … Many people say we are heroes. Many call us heroes … We do our job. Heroism comes when Many people think that we are living heroes. Mostly that's the way it is. When the siege of the city began, we decided to stand here and defend it anyway. We had an order to defend Mariupol. “.
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In Mariupol, the Russian occupiers killed about 25 thousand people, mostly civilians. This was announced during an online briefing by the intelligence officer of the Azov Regiment Ilya Samoilenko.
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