The demining activities in the water area in Mariupol have been completed, work is underway to restore the port. This was stated on May 24 by the representative of the people’s militia of the Donetsk People’s Republic (DPR) Eduard Basurin.
“With the port <…> the activities are already over, if we are talking about land. The sea area is the same – in fact, it has already been cleared of mines. The process of launching the port in the volume it should work is underway, ”he said on the air of the Rossiya 1 TV channel.
Earlier that day, the Russian Defense Ministry showed footage of the work of sappers on the coast of the Sea of Azov near the seaport of Mariupol. Experts inspect literally every centimeter when using Uran-6. The place where the ammunition was found is marked with a red flag. Then they are cleared out.
Also, Russian sapper units are conducting engineering reconnaissance and demining from explosive objects of the territory of the Azovstal plant in Mariupol, which was completely liberated on May 20. As of May 23, more than 100 explosive objects on the territory of the enterprise have already been destroyed in two days.
Russia continues the special operation to protect the Donbass, the beginning of which President Vladimir Putin announced on February 24. The key goals of the Russian military are the denazification and demilitarization of the Kyiv regime. This is necessary to ensure the security of the Russian state and people, the Kremlin said.
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