The Russian cargo ship RM 3 left the Russian-occupied Ukrainian port city of Mariupol on Tuesday morning with full cargo for the first time since Russia’s invasion.
The leader of the Russian-backed separatists in the breakaway republic of Donetsk, Denis Pushilin, told Telegram.
Filmed everything – disappeared without a trace
– 2500 tons of sheet steel left the port of Mariupol today, and the ship set course for Rostov in Russia, writes Pushilin.
Ukrainian authorities equate the transport of steel from Mariupol with looting, according to Reuters.
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“Center of Hell”
The port city of Mariupol is located on the Azov Sea, and is probably the city in Ukraine that has been hardest hit by the war.
Earlier this way, Russia gained full control of the city and the famous steelworks Azovstal, where more than 2000 Ukrainian soldiers surrendered.
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Ever since Russia’s invading forces rolled into Ukraine on February 24, Mariupol has been under heavy Russian attack. The city was relatively quickly surrounded and besieged and then laid in rubble.
The UN has described Mariupol as “a center of hell”.
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Cargo ship in seizure
According to Pushilin, the city’s new rulers have simultaneously seized several cargo ships that have been moored in Mariupol.
– Some of the ships will come under the jurisdiction of the People’s Republic of Donetsk, he says to the Russian news agency Interfax, according to NTB.
According to the separatist leader, the ships will be renamed and become part of a merchant fleet to be operated by the self-proclaimed republic.
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Outside Rostov
The cargo ship RM 3 has not shared its position for several days, but on Sunday the ship was in the Azov Sea, not far from Rostov, according to Marine Traffic.
The website tracks the movements of ships around the world, but depends on the ships sharing their position.
– Some died every day
The last registered port RM 3 was docked in, was Sevastopol in the Crimea in mid-February. Where the ship was between then and now is uncertain.
It is also unclear where the ship is now.
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