“In order for the port to operate at full capacity, of course, it is necessary to supply electricity and water.

Which, in principle, is now happening at a fairly serious pace.

Completion of work is expected within 2-3 weeks, ”RIA Novosti quotes him.

Pushilin added that about 1 million tons of various products of the Donetsk and Luhansk People's Republics will be shipped from the port of Mariupol by the end of the year.

Earlier, Russian and foreign journalists, as part of a press tour organized by the Russian Ministry of Defense, were convinced of the safety of navigation in Mariupol.