On Russia Day, occupiers ship stolen metal out of Mariupol port once again

ILLIA KOLDOMASOV— SUNDAY, 12 JUNE 2022, 16:53

The Russian occupiers have shipped stolen metal out from the port of temporarily occupied Mariupol for the third time.

Petro Andriushchenko, adviser to the mayor of Mariupol, wrote about this on Telegram.

"Russia is really celebrating [Russia Day] in the port. Another shipment of stolen metal from the port. Third time. This is it, Russia Day. Murderers’ and looters’ day," he wrote.

Background: 

The Russian occupiers are trying to partially rebuild the port in occupied Mariupol, where Ukrainian metal and grain are stored, signalling the aggressors’ intention to export stolen Ukrainian property.

According to Ihor Barskyi, the director of the Mariupol port, on 23 February there were about 200,000 tonnes of metal and cast iron in the port worth $170 million. There was significantly less grain - 3,400 tonnes in warehouses and another 9,000 tonnes on a foreign-flagged ship near one of the berths.