In Mariupol the occupiers are using the port for their needs and moving military equipment west – mayor’s adviser

OLENA ROSHCHINA – SUNDAY, 26 JUNE 2022, 14:16

The Russians are planning to store fuel for military needs in the port of Mariupol. For two days now, columns of Russian military equipment have been moving through the city in a westerly direction.

Source: Petro Andriushchenko, adviser to the mayor of Mariupol, on Telegram

Quote: "The occupiers announced their plans for Mariupol after Vitalii Khotsenko, the new de facto [Russian-appointed] puppet governor of the occupied Donetsk region, visited Mariupol to do an inventory count.

The port of Mariupol is the priority. The main storage facility for fuel for military needs will be located there. If the occupiers use the railway, it will significantly reduce the logistics to the front line for them.

The occupying city and port administration have also been tasked with ensuring that the port is fully reconstructed during the first ten days of July. The general logistics are as follows: scrap metal, grain and coal will be exported from Mariupol, while fuel, military equipment and ammunition will be imported into Mariupol."

Details: Andriushchenko stressed that for security reasons, at the moment only the military reside in the private houses on the first row near Pishchanyi beach, which is next to the port.

Meanwhile, according to the legitimate mayor’s adviser, the occupiers are not planning to restore the destroyed buildings.

"The houses near the Azov market are for military transport base personnel, and the student accommodation in the AS-2 bus station district will serve as the homeless shelter. It is intended to house 5,000 people. When asked about the rest, they responded that it is possible to move to Russia until winter," Andriushchenko added.

He also stated that large columns of military equipment have been passing through Mariupol for four days in a row, moving in a westerly direction.

A limited military corps remains in the city mainly to guard potential military facilities (the port, industrial plants, the railway).

"It doesn’t seem like the occupiers are celebrating their victory. Leaving a city by the sea where they are settled for the sake of going to the front doesn’t seem like the best choice," Andriushchenko said.