The defenders of the eastern city of Mariupol attached a report to their video on Telegram. According to it, they have been fighting against an overwhelming force of 14,000 russian invaders.
Confirmed data indicate 1157 russian military personnel destroyed (and 840 unconfirmed) since the start of the defensive operation, sanitary losses of the enemy – 520 confirmed, 3150 more estimated.
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As for the russian equipment:
- 49 tanks destroyed, 29 damaged;
- 23 Armored Personnel Carriers destroyed, 24 damaged;
- 36 Infantry Fighting Vevicles destr., 24 dam.;
- five BMD (Airborne Infantry Fighting Vehicles) destr.;
- one "Raptor" cutter destr.;
- one Su-25 fighter jet damaged;
- two Typhoon Armored Fighting Vehicles destr., two dam.;
- three "Tigr" Infantry Mobility Vehicles destr., two dam.
- two "Rys" (Lynx) Armored Reconnaissance Vehicles destr., two damaged
- 25 units of special heavy equipment destroyed and 8 units damaged; and
- "many other vehicles and equipment"
"The fighting goes on!" the message said.
Defense Express memo: Ukrainian defense forces in Mariupol include Azov Special Operations Detachment, Marine Corps, state border guards, national police and territorial defense
Previously Defense Express published the last data on the total russian combat losses in Ukraine. You should try and compare the data with the numbers from here. Also, we analyzed the reasons for the tremendous russian losses of tanks. It turns out T-72s both upgraded and without modifications are the most common "victims" to Ukrainian anti-tank "hunters". And even the advanced level of defense hasn't helped them so far.
The situation in Mariupol now is described in the latest Ukraine's General Staff report. And operative news coverage on war in Ukraine you can find in Defense Express' daily news feed:
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