VLADIMIR Putin has made a shock visit to the occupied Ukrainian city of Mariupol, according to Russian state media. It comes just days after an arrest warrant was issued for the tyrant over alleged…
VLADIMIR Putin has made a shock visit to the occupied Ukrainian city of Mariupol, according to Russian state media.Putin has visited the occupied city of Mariupol, according to Russian state mediaState media reported Putin made a "working trip" to the war-ravaged port city of Mariupol, his first visit to the Russian-occupied territories of Ukraine's Donbas region since the conflict began.He travelled around several districts of the city, making stops and talking to residents.
The Organisation for Security and Cooperation and Europe said Russia's early bombing of a maternity hospital there was a war crime. Putin is yet to comment publicly on the ICC warrant, but his trips into Ukrainian territory claimed by Russia have been seen by some observers as an act of defiance.
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