Ukrainian defenders prevent Russian convoys from entering Mariupol

The press service of the Joint Forces Operation reported this on Facebook, Ukrinform reports.

"Mariupol has been fighting the Russian horde for the ninth day. Heavy fighting continues. The defenders of the city are fighting bravely against the overwhelming forces of the enemy. The Armed Forces of Ukraine, the Azov Regiment, the National Guard, border guards, territorial defense forces, the Security Service and ordinary residents of Mariupol do not let Russian convoys enter the city. The enemy is furiously destroying the city, which refused to accept it with bread and salt, so that Ukrainian defenders would despair and stop resisting. However, that will not happen," the statement reads.

It notes that this week the defenders of Mariupol have already destroyed more than 30 enemy armored vehicles: tanks, infantry fighting vehicles, Tigr military vehicles, fuel tankers and more. In addition, more than 100 infantry and two reconnaissance groups of invaders were neutralized. Our reconnaissance groups are successfully working in the rear of the invaders.

"Mariupol is standing! Mariupol is Ukraine!" the statement said.