Mariupol official says first cargo ship to depart port in coming days
Smoke rises behind buildings as Russian attacks continue in Ukraine’s besieged port city of Mariupol.
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A Russian-backed official in the occupied Ukrainian port of Mariupol said the first ship to leave since pro-Russian forces completed their capture of the city would leave in the next few days, the TASS news agency reported.
The official said the ship would take around 3,000 tons of metals to Rostov-on-Don in Russia, TASS said.
Earlier, Russia’s defense ministry said that Mariupol’s port, a shallow-water harbor on the Azov Sea, was “operating normally.”
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