If Mariupol was seized, Russia would also end up with full control of more than 80% of Ukraine's Black Sea coastline - cutting-off its maritime trade and further isolating it from the world.
TASS/. Shipments of grain have commenced through facilities at the Mariupol Sea Port on the Sea of Azov, Donetsk People’s Republic (DPR) Acting Head Denis Pushilin said on air as part of a ...
TASS/. The Mariupol commercial sea port has been completely liberated from the Azov regiment’s fighters, Russian Defense Ministry Spokesman Major General Igor Konashenkov said on Wednesday.
The sea is famous for sturgeon fishing. In the 18th century, a beautiful town was built on the north coast, and the Russian empress of the time named it Mariupol--"Maria's Town." Its evolution ...