The defenders of Mariupol eliminated about 6,000 Russian occupants and more than 100 armored vehicles during the war. This was reported by Captain Svyatoslav "Kalina" Palamar, deputy commander of the Azov regiment, during a special military panel at the Kyiv Security Forum.

"Our garrison managed to destroy about 6 thousand units of enemy force, including one general. That's about 78 tanks, that's more than 100 units of armored vehicles. This is by confirmed. There are still, of course, many unconfirmed data, which we will not rely on. The defender said.

He told who is fighting and fought against "Azov".

"This is the 150th Division, this is the 68th Tank Regiment, this is the 83rd Airborne Brigade. This is the 346th GRU brigade, special forces. This is the 22nd brigade - GRU special forces. This is the 9th regiment of the "DNR" marines, this is the 810th brigade of the Black Sea Fleet, this is the 155th Pacific Brigade. It is also strategic aviation and tactical aviation. These are the Wagner mercenaries and other fighters from other territories of Russia and the Caucasus," the deputy commander said.

The defender emphasized that the enemy outnumbered the Ukrainian defenders in the number of weapons and infantry.

"This grouping numbered about 14 thousand soldiers. This is an extremely huge amount of equipment, it is aircraft, it is ships, it is ship artillery, it is aircraft, both tactical and strategic aviation. A large number of artillery, multiple rocket launchers. Also a huge number of missiles were fired at us during this whole period," Palamar said.