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Mark Kelly: “Something like 40, 50% of Ukrainian economy goes out of that…”

Featuring: Mark Kelly, Democratic | U.S. Senate from Arizona

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Something Big is Happening to Crimea | Senator Mark Kelly

Published | Video Starts at 03:27

The night I spent in Odessa, I think there were five. They were all intercepted. Spent a little bit of time seeing the grain operation at the port. Something like 40, 50% of Ukrainian economy goes out of that port in Odessa. It's a huge source of revenue for the country. While we were there, we toured a bunker that is actually on the dock and 48 hours later, the Russians hit … (03:27–03:34)

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Asserts that 40-50% of Ukraine's economy is reliant on the port in Odessa.

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