Moscow. May 25. INTERFAX - The Russian military said that the port of Mariupol has started working normally.
The official representative of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation Igor Konashenkov said at a briefing on Wednesday that the measures for demining and demilitarization of the seaport have been completed.
The port, according to Konashenkov, "began functioning in a daily mode."
Mariupol is located on the northern coast of the Sea of Azov, it was one of the largest commercial sea ports in Ukraine.
On May 20, the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation reported that the head of the department, Sergei Shoigu, reported to Russian President Vladimir Putin on the completion of the withdrawal of the surrendered Ukrainian military from the Azovstal plant in Mariupol and full control over the city.
The Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation announced the opening on May 25 of a humanitarian corridor for the exit of foreign vessels from the port of Mariupol in the direction of the Black Sea.
"For the safe exit of foreign vessels from the port of Mariupol, a humanitarian corridor with a length of 115 miles and a width of 2 miles in the direction of the Black Sea will be organized from 08:00 on May 25," Mikhail Mizintsev, head of the National Defense Control Center of the Russian Federation, said on May 24 in the evening.
On May 24, the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation reported that the Russian military had completed the clearance of approaches to the port of Mariupol and its water area - more than 1.5 million square meters were surveyed. m of water area, 18 berths and 32 vessels. The Ministry of Defense said in a statement that 134 structures were examined in the port of Mariupol, over 12 thousand explosive objects were neutralized.
According to the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation, specialists of the Black Sea Fleet from the fairway of the port of Mariupol carried out the transportation of a Ukrainian border patrol ship, which was sunk by the Ukrainian military.
On February 21, Russian President Vladimir Putin signed a decree recognizing the independence of the Donetsk and Luhansk People's Republics. On February 24, Putin announced the start of a special military operation in Ukraine.
