Mariupol port has become a military hub: Russia transfers equipment to Zaporizhia and Pokrovsk directions

For the second month now, the port has been operating exclusively to supply the Russian army, receiving ships with military cargo.

The Mariupol seaport, which was a key trade hub on the Sea of Azov before the war, has now completely transformed into a logistics center for the needs of the Russian army. This is what the head of the Center for the Study of Occupation, Petro Andryuschenko, writes.

This week, another ship with military cargo arrived at the port, probably with armored vehicles. Observations over the past two months indicate that the port is used exclusively for military purposes. Its berths have become the final point for large-scale supplies of equipment, which are then sent to the Zaporizhia and Pokrovsky directions.

In recent days alone, at least 15 trawls with tanks, 10 with other armored vehicles, more than 30 trucks with ammunition and tankers have been recorded. This is the largest reinforcement on this section of the front in two months.

At the same time, there is also a reverse movement: columns with tanks, armored personnel carriers and artillery are leaving the Berdyansk direction and heading to the north of the Donetsk region. In parallel, units ranging in size from a brigade to a regiment are being transferred from Crimea.

Such intensive movements indicate a change in the tactics of the occupation forces, which, after weeks of relative pause, are actively building up forces in key areas of the front, using the Mariupol port as the main supply channel.

The day before, USM reported that a Russian ship with looted grain had again passed through the Bosphorus to Egypt.