Pushilin: foreign crews from Mariupol sent to their countries

Mariupol seaport. File photoDONETSK, May 26.All foreign ship crews from the port of Mariupol have already been sent to their countries with the support of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Donetsk People's Republic, the issue of ownership of the foreign ships remaining there and their further fate will also be decided through the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the head of the DPR Denis Pushilin said in an interview with RIA Novosti. foreign countries have already been sent to their countries, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Donetsk People's Republic provided all support in this, there are no problems with this.As for the ships, they are there — for various reasons: there are ships that will be sent by their owners to those countries, they are being checked for each from the ships. But physically they could not go anywhere, because the water area was mined,» he said. According to him, just the other day, the water area was completely cleared of mines. , specifying that this issue will also be resolved through the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the DPR. Earlier, the official representative of the Russian Foreign Ministry, Maria Zakharov and reported that five foreign ships were able to leave the port of Mariupol for the sea after clearing mines. The head of the administration of Mariupol, Konstantin Ivashchenko, said on Wednesday that two foreign ships continue to be in the port, which will be able to go from there to their countries. The Russian Defense Ministry on Tuesday reported that Russian sappers had completed demining the Mariupol port. According to the agency, the sappers freed the approach channels and inland waters from sunken ships and other navigational obstacles. In total, more than 1.5 million square meters of water area, 18 berths and 32 ships were surveyed. According to the Ministry of Defense, the mine danger in the port water area has been eliminated, and the port infrastructure is now being restored.