Occupiers in Mariupol introduce new permit system - mayor’s adviser

IRYNA BALACHUK - SUNDAY, 22 MAY, 2022, 1:37 P.M.

Petro Andryushchenko, adviser to the mayor of Mariupol, has said that the Russian invaders have changed the permit system in Mariupol and the Mariupol area from 21 May.

Source: Andryushchenko on Telegram

Quote from Andryushchenko: "Mariupol! This is important! From yesterday (21 May - ed.), the occupiers have introduced a new permit system in Mariupol and the Mariupol area." 

Details: According to the mayor's adviser, from now on a pass is needed for cars and passengers in order to enter Mariupol. The pass is valid for three days, but it is single-use (i.e. you can use it only once).

Passes are issued by the occupiers’ Commandant's office at the filtration points in Manhush and Vynohradne. The waiting time for a pass is several weeks long.

To leave Mariupol by car, a car and passenger exit pass is required. The terms and rules of how this works are the same. The passes are issued in the so-called district offices of the DNR [Donetsk People’s Republic] Ministry of Internal Affairs.

Travel in the Mariupol area (without entering Mariupol) also requires a pass, which must be obtained in Manhush. That is, travel from Manhush to Yalta (or Urzuf) without a pass is impossible. The timeframe and procedures are similar.

A car pass is needed even for movement in Mariupol itself between administrative districts.

"For those who are going to enter Mariupol - remember that now it is a one-way street. For those who are going to leave Mariupol towards Zaporizhzhia, you have a few days before the complete closure of the road to Berdiansk," Andryushchenko concluded.