Intelligence disclosed data on assistance to the defenders of Mariupol

He spoke about this in an interview with the American edition of The War Zone .

There were seven such missions in total. Each time, helicopters successfully delivered the necessary replenishment. But during the fifth and seventh missions, two helicopters were shot down (on the way back). Another helicopter was also destroyed, which flew to rescue the crew of one of the two downed helicopters, Budanov said.

According to him, two helicopters flew in each mission, which carried food, drinking water, medicines and ammunition to the fighters to Azov. And during one of the missions, four helicopters took off at once.

The head of the GUR also said that during one of the missions, 72 fighters from the regiment of the Azov National Guard were brought to Azovstal to reinforce the military contingent.

Recall that all the defenders of Mariupol left Azovstal. Most of the wounded fighters of Azov are kept by the occupiers in a prison in the village of Yelenovka, another group of seriously wounded is in a hospital in the city of Novoazovsk.

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