Russian President Vladimir Putin has visited Mariupol, a Ukrainian city in the Donetsk region, which has been occupied by Moscow’s forces since May of last year. Putin flew to Mariupol by helicopter and drove around several districts of the city, the TASS agency reported on Sunday, citing the
end of the list. Russian state television broadcast extended footage of Putin being shown around the city on Saturday night, meeting rehoused residents and being briefed on reconstruction efforts by Deputy Prime Minister Marat Khusnullin. Reports of the Mariupol visit came a day after Putin travelled to Crimea to mark the ninth anniversary of Russia’s annexation of the Black Sea peninsula from Ukraine. Russian state TV also showed him visiting the Black Sea port city of Sevastopol on Saturday, accompanied by the local Moscow-appointed governor, Mikhail Razvozhayev. Russia annexed Crimea from Ukraine in 2014 following a referendum that was not recognized by Kyiv and the international community. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has demanded that Russia withdraw from Crimea as well as the areas it has occupied since it launched an invasion last year.
Russian President Vladimir Putin has visited Mariupol, a Ukrainian city in the Donetsk region, which has been occupied by Moscow’s forces since May of last year. Putin flew to Mariupol by helicopter and drove around several districts of the city, the TASS agency reported on Sunday, citing the
end of the list. Russian state television broadcast extended footage of Putin being shown around the city on Saturday night, meeting rehoused residents and being briefed on reconstruction efforts by Deputy Prime Minister Marat Khusnullin. Reports of the Mariupol visit came a day after Putin travelled to Crimea to mark the ninth anniversary of Russia’s annexation of the Black Sea peninsula from Ukraine. Russian state TV also showed him visiting the Black Sea port city of Sevastopol on Saturday, accompanied by the local Moscow-appointed governor, Mikhail Razvozhayev. Russia annexed Crimea from Ukraine in 2014 following a referendum that was not recognized by Kyiv and the international community. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has demanded that Russia withdraw from Crimea as well as the areas it has occupied since it launched an invasion last year. Russian President Vladimir Putin has visited Mariupol, a Ukrainian city in the Donetsk region, which has been occupied by Moscow’s forces since May of last year. Putin flew to Mariupol by helicopter and drove around several districts of the city, the TASS agency reported on Sunday, citing the
end of the list. Russian state television broadcast extended footage of Putin being shown around the city on Saturday night, meeting rehoused residents and being briefed on reconstruction efforts by Deputy Prime Minister Marat Khusnullin. Reports of the Mariupol visit came a day after Putin travelled to Crimea to mark the ninth anniversary of Russia’s annexation of the Black Sea peninsula from Ukraine. Russian state TV also showed him visiting the Black Sea port city of Sevastopol on Saturday, accompanied by the local Moscow-appointed governor, Mikhail Razvozhayev. Russia annexed Crimea from Ukraine in 2014 following a referendum that was not recognized by Kyiv and the international community. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has demanded that Russia withdraw from Crimea as well as the areas it has occupied since it launched an invasion last year. Russian President Vladimir Putin has visited Mariupol, a Ukrainian city in the Donetsk region, which has been occupied by Moscow’s forces since May of last year. Putin flew to Mariupol by helicopter and drove around several districts of the city, the TASS agency reported on Sunday, citing the
end of the list. Russian state television broadcast extended footage of Putin being shown around the city on Saturday night, meeting rehoused residents and being briefed on reconstruction efforts by Deputy Prime Minister Marat Khusnullin. Reports of the Mariupol visit came a day after Putin travelled to Crimea to mark the ninth anniversary of Russia’s annexation of the Black Sea peninsula from Ukraine. Russian state TV also showed him visiting the Black Sea port city of Sevastopol on Saturday, accompanied by the local Moscow-appointed governor, Mikhail Razvozhayev. Russia annexed Crimea from Ukraine in 2014 following a referendum that was not recognized by Kyiv and the international community. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has demanded that Russia withdraw from Crimea as well as the areas it has occupied since it launched an invasion last year.
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