Putin visited the Ukrainian city of Mariupol and sparked outrage

A little more than a year after the beginning of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, Russian President Vladimir Putin traveled to Mariupol, the port city that has been taken since May 2022, according to the Kremlin’s press service. The Russian president arrived by helicopter in the city that is located south of the Donetsk region, an area that last year was one of the most devastated by the bombings. During his short stay, he toured several neighborhoods of the city in a self-driven car, accompanied by Deputy Prime Minister Marat Jusnulin, who informed him of the progress of construction and reconstruction work in Mariupol and its surroundings. In addition, he met in Rostov-on-Don, in southern Russia, with the command of the military campaign in Ukraine. “The head of state heard the reports of the chief of the General Staff of the Russian Armed Forces, Valery Gerasimov, and other military chiefs,” the press release noted.Putin visited the Ukrainian city of Mariupol and sparked outrage. Photo: Reuters.Putin’s visit to Mariupol generated repudiation and indignation among local people and much of the world.” The international criminal Putin visited the occupied Mariupol at night probably so as not to see the light of day the city, murdered for its ‘liberation’. As befits a thief, Putin visited the Ukrainian city of Mariupol covert at night,” the Ukrainian Defense Ministry said.

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