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Mariupol official says first cargo ship to depart port in coming days

FILE PHOTO: A view shows buildings damaged during Ukraine-Russia conflict in the southern port city of Mariupol, Ukraine May 12, 2022. Picture taken with a drone. REUTERS/Pavel Klimov

A Russian-backed official in the occupied Ukrainian port of Mariupol said on Wednesday that the first ship to leave since pro-Russian forces completed their capture of the city would leave in the next few days, the TASS news agency reported.

The official said the ship would take around 3,000 tonnes of metals to Rostov-on-Don in Russia, TASS said.

Earlier, Russia's defence ministry said that Mariupol's port, a shallow-water harbour on the Azov Sea, was "operating normally".

(Reporting by Reuters; Editing by Kevin Liffey)

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