“Russia-Ukraine sea clash leaves Mariupol port deserted” headlines a BBC Ukrainian service report about Ukraine’s largest port on the Sea of Azov.

“Russia-Ukraine sea clash leaves Mariupol port deserted” headlines a BBC Ukrainian service report about Ukraine’s largest port on the Sea of Azov. In a report posted Sunday, Zhanna Bezpiatchuk, wrote: “I watched as a single solitary vessel was loaded with sunflower products, in a port that used to host dozens of ships every day.” Port director Oleksandr Oleynyk says: “There are almost no ships now.” Each day of delay for Russian “inspections” costs shipping companies between $15,000-20,000. “After such big losses, companies don’t want to sail here anymore,” said Oleynyk, director of a port that employs 4,000.