“The next shipment is on June 3, that is, the issue enters the operating mode,” RIA Novosti quotes him as saying.
Pushilin said that in total, about 12,000 munitions were defused on the territory of the commercial seaport.
The loading of the Russian dry cargo vessel Slavutich, which became the first ship to enter the local port after its release, took place in the port of Mariupol on May 29.
On May 26, Pushilin announced the readiness of the port of Mariupol to start receiving and sending cargo.
Prior to this, the official representative of the Russian Defense Ministry, Major General Igor Konashenkov, said that the port of Mariupol began to operate as usual.