In an interview with RIA Novosti, the leader of the DPR stressed the importance of launching the port in Mariupol.

The object will begin to be repaired, and later will be fully used.

“For us, in terms of restoration, the Mariupol port is important so that construction materials are imported through it, and there will be a lot of them, given the destruction that we are seeing now in Mariupol,” he said.

In addition, the port can be used for the sale of metallurgical and agricultural products.

On May 26, Pushilin announced the readiness of the port of Mariupol to start receiving and sending cargo.