Tag: Mariupol
In the first eight months of 2024, 17 cargo vessels carrying grain stolen from Ukrainian farmers were dispatched from the port of Mariupol.
The cargo is still unknown.
Another ship carrying grain has left Mariupol for a Russian port.
The occupiers have shipped a consignment of 7,700 tons of grain.
Agricultural products accounted for 84,000 tons of the port's total cargo volume.
Preparation of the port’s infrastructure for this is underway.
The occupiers have conducted over 15 "shipments" of Ukrainian grain from the temporarily occupied territories of Ukraine to Russia.
The port handled 150,000 tons of cargo in 2023.
These measures are aimed at speeding up the transportation of military and stolen goods.
This time, the occupiers and their collaborators shipped about 5,000 tons of grain.
Ships loaded with grain head to Russian ports, where the grain is transferred onto other ships under ‘flags of convenience’ and transported to markets in Africa and the Middle East
Most importantly, the occupiers will use this railroad for military supplies.
What we know about the situation in the ports of occupied Mariupol and Berdiansk and the railways the occupiers are restoring or building near the Sea of Azov.
The railway route could potentially run along the coast of the Sea of Azov from Rostov-on-Don to Taganrog, passing through Mariupol, Berdiansk, Yakymivka, and reaching Dzhankoy.
So far in May, one ship has been loaded with stolen agricultural products.
The occupiers are continuing to test the railway line between Mariupol and Volnovakha.
Volnovakha is a junction station with direct connections to Tokmak and Donetsk.
About 60,000 tons of cargo have been shipped from the occupied port since the beginning of this year.
Meanwhile, the occupiers claim they are working on establishing the transshipment of stolen goods.
Russians also completing the construction of a railway bridge near Hranitne.