The stolen metal can be used both for the occupiers' own needs and for resale.

Russian marauders have taken the third ship with a batch of stolen Ukrainian metal products out of the occupied port of Mariupol. This was announce by the adviser to the mayor of Mariupol Petro Andryushchenko on his Telegram channel with a video.

Russia is really celebrating in the port. Another shipment of stolen metal from the port. For the third time.

Petro Andryushchenko

Earlier, Metinvest, which transported its metal products through the port of Mariupol, said that the Russian occupiers could export the stolen metal products to the ports of Taganrog, Tuapse, Rostov and Novorossiysk. The Russians can then illegally resell these products to countries in Africa and Asia that do not support sanctions.

Source: Center of Transports Strategy