Azov Regiment tallies the achievements of its heroic defence of Mariupol
OLENA ROSHCHINA — FRIDAY, 29 APRIL, 2022, 2:27 PM
The Azov Regiment claims that in the hard-fought and outnumbered battle for Mariupol, during the 65 days of war with Russia, it has killed at least 1,157 Russian troops, wounded at least another 520, and also destroyed Russian military equipment.
Source: Message and video published by the Azov Regiment
Quote: "From the beginning of the war to now– the chronicles of the struggle for Mariupol by the soldiers of ‘Azov’, who have already been described as ‘made of steel’.
The enemy planned to take Mariupol in three days. The Azov Regiment took on an unequal battle with superior enemy forces, which exceeded 14,000 military personnel.
Despite enemy aircraft, multi-ton bombs, being outnumbered enemy forces and naval artillery, the defenders stood between the enemy and all of Ukraine."
Details: Soldiers of the Azov Regiment announced their achievements over more than two months of war.
Since the beginning of the full-scale offensive, the Azov regiment has:
- killed 1,157 enemy soldiers, according to confirmed data (another 840 - according to unconfirmed data)
- wounded 520 enemy soldiers, according to confirmed data (another 3,150 - according to unconfirmed data)
Enemy equipment:
- Tanks - 49 destroyed and 29 damaged
- Armoured vehicles - 23 destroyed, 24 damaged
- Infantry fighting vehicles – 36 destroyed, 24 damaged
- Combat landing vehicles – 5 destroyed
- Boat, "Raptor" - 1 destroyed
- SU-25 fighter jet - 1 damaged
- Armoured combat vehicle "Typhoon" - 2 destroyed, 2 damaged
- "Tiger" armoured car - 3 destroyed, 2 damaged
- "Lynx" light multirole vehicle - 2 destroyed, 2 damaged
- Trucks - 25 destroyed, 8 damaged
In addition, "many other [pieces of military] equipment and weapons of the enemy" were destroyed and damaged.
Reminder: Mariupol has been blockaded by the Russian army since 1 March. Defenders of Ukraine gathered at the Azovstal plant: the Azov regiment, some marines, border guards, and national guardsmen. In the complexes beneath the same plant, civilians are hiding from Russian bombing and shelling.
Finding themselves in a hopeless situation, the defenders of Mariupol urged the world to agree on the "extraction" procedure, which was used in Dunkirk during the Second World War.
Ukrainian authorities hope to evacuate civilians, and possibly wounded soldiers, from the Azovstal plant on Friday, April 29.
