Looting in Mariupol: for the second day occupiers load Ukrainian metal onto a Russian ship
VALENTYNA ROMANENKO - SUNDAY, 29 MAY 2022, 13:46
For the second day in a row, Russian looters have been loading Ukrainian rolled metal products in the trade port of temporarily occupied Mariupol onto a Russian cargo ship.
Source: advisor to the mayor of Mariupol, Petro Andriushchenko, on Telegram
Details: On 28 May, with the support and accompaniment of the Russian military, a Russian Slavutych class river/sea cargo vessel under the Russian flag (port of registration Rostov-na-Donu) entered the port.
For the second day now, it is being loaded with Ukrainian rolled metal. Port of destination (previously) Rostov-na-Donu.
Quote: "Another instance of looting by Russia as a state. No one is bothering to hide it anymore."
Background: Ihor Barskyi, director of the Mariupol Sea Commercial Port, said in a comment to the Ekonomichna Pravda that on 23 February there were about 200,000 tons of metal and cast iron in the port, the value of which reaches 170 million dollars. The Russian Federation intends to steal it.
