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) with an official letter, with a note,” RIA Novosti quotes her statement.

Nikonorova added that a call was also made to the Bulgarian Foreign Ministry with a message about the rescue and evacuation of sailors.

“But in the end we didn’t get any response,” the minister said.

Earlier, the DPR reported the evacuation of 47 people from ships blocked in the port of Mariupol.

The sailors who were released in the port of Mariupol spoke about the behavior of Ukrainian nationalists.