Port water area in Mariupol. Archival photoMARIUPOL, June 12Military specialists have completed demining the port of Mariupol, Denis Pushilin, head of the DPR, told reporters. he said. Representatives of Russian and foreign media were able to verify this during a press tour organized by the Ministry of Defense. They inspected the water area on a communication boat KSV-67. The last discovered mines were destroyed in the presence of journalists.
"Yesterday, 16 mines were found and neutralized, five of them in the port water area, the rest are anti-amphibious mines on the beach. By the end of today, the beach will be completely cleared of mines", — said a serviceman with the call sign "Motor".
According to Pushilin, the harbor is already working for both export and import.»In general, the export component «As before, within the port will be metal, coal and grain. As for import deliveries, the basis is building materials, which will be supplied in huge quantities as part of the reconstruction program of the cities of the DPR,» the head of the republic said. while there are difficulties with electricity and water, but in the near future the work will be completed. Russian troops and units of the DPR surrounded Mariupol on March 7 and liberated almost the entire city by April 21. But more than two thousand servicemen of the Armed Forces of Ukraine and fighters of the Azov national battalion remained at the Azovstal plant (criminal cases are being investigated against some of them in Russia), as well as civilians who were held hostage. In mid-May, the nationalists began to surrender, and on May 20, the Ministry of Defense announced the complete liberation of Mariupol. «