Russia, in all likelihood, can receive cargo from the port of Mariupol, which has come under the control of Russian troops, Ukrainian grain and metals. This is reported by the project “Schemes” of the Ukrainian edition of Radio Liberty with reference to the analysis of satellite imagery data.

Earlier about the intention of the Russian side to take Ukrainian cargo out of the port declared director of the state enterprise “Mariupol Commercial Sea Port” Igor Barsky. According to him, only $170 million worth of metal and cast iron remains in the port.

According to “Scheme”, in the waters of the ports of six cargo ships under foreign flags. Satellite imagery shows that the ships have moved to the berths where loading usually takes place. The metal, which is located in the port of Mariupol, belongs to the Metinvest company of the Ukrainian oligarch Rinat Akhmetov, and the grain belongs to Ukrainian state-owned enterprises. Metinvest confirmed that part of the metal remained for export to Italy.

On behalf of the mayor of Mariupol Vadim Boychenko, the Russian authorities to resume the work of the port.

Pro-Russian separatist-appointed city manager Konstantin Ivashchenko toldthat from Mariupol, indeed, probably, will go to the first ship. It will go to Rostov-on-Don and transport about three thousand tons of metal products. According to Ivashchenko, there are two foreign ships in the port. For them, as the pro-Russian authorities are being created, a corridor for a safe exit is open.

• Mariupol has been under siege by Russian troops since early March. The last stronghold of resistance of the Ukrainian military plants “Azovstal”. In terms of importance, the Russian Ministry of Defense stated that the plant came under the control of Russian troops. About 2,500 Ukrainian servicemen surrendered.

• Mariupol is almost completely destroyed. According to reports, tens of thousands of people. Up to 90 percent of urban buildings have been destroyed. About 100 thousand people out of 400 thousand who lived before the war remained in the city.