"The crews of foreign countries have already been sent to their countries, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Donetsk People's Republic provided all support in this, there are no problems with this," he said.
Foreign ships could not leave the port because it was mined, Pushilin recalled.
He also noted that the issue of the ownership of the ships remaining in the port and their further fate will also be decided through the DPR Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
Earlier, the official representative of the Russian Defense Ministry, Major General Igor Konashenkov, said that the port of Mariupol began to operate as usual.
According to Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova, five foreign ships were able to leave the port of Mariupol after demining.