The visit to Mariupol is the first trip of Vladimir Putin to the occupied zone since the start of the offensive on February 24, 2022. | Fountain: AFP
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He Russian PresidentVladimir Putin made a trip this Sunday to a Ukrainian city Mariupol is on a “working visit” to “view some places in the city and talk with residents,” according to the Russian news agency TASS.
The president would fly by helicopter, as the Kremlin press service explained to RIA Novosti, and would drive by car through the streets of the city, making several stops at different places.
Then he visited the city of Rostov-on-Don, located in the south Russianear the border with Ukraineto a meeting with the head of the Armed Forces Valery Gerasimov and several military leaders.
On Saturday, the Russian president also surprised with the first visit to the Crimean peninsula in more than two years to mark the ninth anniversary of the peninsula joining the Russia in what Ukraine and its allies have called an illegal annexation maneuver. In early March, Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu also paid an official visit to Mariupol to review infrastructure reconstruction work in the area.
Ukraine’s reaction
Ukrainian authorities accused Vladimir Putin visit Mariupol, taking advantage of the night to hide the reality of the city completely destroyed by his army and avoid “prying eyes”.
“As befits a thief, Putin He visited the Ukrainian city of Mariupol undercover at night, ”the Ministry of Defense said in a message on his Twitter account.
He did this primarily because it’s safer and because the darkness also allowed him to highlight “what he wants to show,” the tweet continues, according to which the reality of the “completely destroyed” city is hidden and not visible. prying eyes of his few survivors.
The message follows the visit Mariupol Putin, which the Kremlin called a “work” and apparently decided spontaneously after his Saturday stay in Crimea, which coincided with the anniversary of the annexation of this peninsula in 2014.
The visit to the port city is Putin’s first trip to the Donbass.
In the pictures published by Moscow, you can see Putin He himself drives a Toyota, which drives around different parts of the city, accompanied by Deputy Prime Minister Marat Zhusnulin.
He then visits newly built apartment buildings with a playground in the center and talks to a group of several townspeople, apparently local residents. (According to EFE, AFP and Europapress)
Source: RPP
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