Mariupol’s first ship lefts port since Russia took control of city

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Mariupol’s first ship lefts port since Russia took control of city

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May 31, 2022

Mariupol’s first ship lefts port since Russia took control of city

According to the Russian-backed separatist commander of Ukraine’s breakaway province of Donetsk, a ship has left the Ukrainian port of Mariupol for the first time since Russia annexed the city and is heading east to Russia with a cargo of metal.

Ukraine stated that the shipment of metal to Russia from Mariupol, whose capture provided Moscow with an overland link between mainland Russia and pro-Russian separatist territory in annexed Crimea, constituted looting.

Denis Pushilin, the head of the self-proclaimed Donetsk People’s Republic, wrote on the Telegram messaging app, “Today 2,500 tonnes of hot-rolled sheets left the port of Mariupol.” “The ship headed for (the Russian city of) Rostov.”

After over 2,400 Ukrainian forces surrendered at the besieged Azovstal steelworks, Russia took complete control of Mariupol earlier this month.

Last Monday, Russia said that the port had been demined and was once again available to commercial boats.

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