By the end of the year, 25 more hydraulic structures are to be built there, including additional berths for cargo ships and warehouses, the National Resistance Center of Ukraine informs.
This “expansion” of the port is due to the desire of the russian federation to continue exporting agricultural products from the temporarily occupied territories of Ukraine, primarily. In addition to grain, the occupiers aim to finally ship to russia and sell to other countries “favourable” to russia industrial equipment from the occupied regions.
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Meanwhile, the fake federal agency of sea and river transport of the russian occupation administration announced plans to increase the capacity of the port of Mariupol to 4.8 million tonnes of grain.
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