First dry cargo ship sails from Russian-occupied Mariupol to Russia

The first dry cargo ship sailed to Russia from Ukrainian city of Mariupol since the beginning of the Russian occupation on Ukraine. The so-called leader of the separatist Donetsk People’s Republic Denis Pushilin said on his social media account that the RM-3 Slavutich-type dry cargo ship carrying 2,500 tons of hot rolled steel is on its way to Rostov, Russia. It was stated that the ship was loaded and set out under the protection of Russian special forces and Russian navy.