Mariupol can be taken by one DPR battalion, - Azov founder

One DPR battalion is enough for Ukraine to lose control over Mariupol.

This assessment of the state of affairs in the Mariupol defense was given by the founder of the Azov volunteer battalion (now a regiment of the Ministry of Internal Affairs), social nationalist Andriy Biletsky, in an interview with the magazine " Kraina ."

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“It is necessary to create a fortified zone, several kilometers deep, in order to be able to counterattack without threatening the city,” a Ukrainian police officer shares his thoughts. – In Mariupol, the main line of defense was built 200 - 300 meters from the first high-rise buildings. Fighting in cities is even more difficult than in the mountains. If they bring even a battalion into Mariupol, then that’s it – morally we have lost the city. Infrastructure will crumble, factories will shut down, and problems with power and sanitation will arise. Half a million people will either sit hungry under shelling, or will move en masse to Ukrainian territory.”