Collection: Siege of Mariupol

The siege of Mariupol is an ongoing military engagement between Russia and the Donetsk People's Republic separatists against Ukraine which began on 24 February 2022, during the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine, as part of the Eastern Ukraine offensive. The city of Mariupol is located in the Donetsk Oblast in Ukraine and is claimed by the Russian-backed separatist Donetsk People's Republic. Russian forces completely besieged the city on 2 March, after which they gradually gained control of the city.^[1] By 22 April, the remaining Ukrainian forces had retreated to the Azovstal Iron and Steel Works, a massive and highly defendable industrial complex

Ukrainian Armed Forces
Inside Mariupol:^[32]

•  Ukrainian Naval Infantry^[32]
  • 36th Separate Marine Brigade^[32]
• National Guard of Ukraine
  • 12th Operational Brigade [ru; uk]^[32]
  • Azov Regiment^[32][33]
• National Police of Ukraine^[34]
• State Border Guard Service of Ukraine^[35]
  

Other involved units:
 Ukrainian Ground Forces

• 10th Assault Brigade^[36]
• 56th Motorized Brigade^[37]
• Georgian Legion^[38]
  

Territorial Defense Forces^[39]
Ukrainian Volunteer Army^[34]

Sheikh Mansur Battalion^[a][40][41]