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Putin visits Mariupol after ICC arrest warrant

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Putin visits Mariupol after ICC arrest warrant
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Spread the love A day after being accused of war crimes by the International Criminal Court, President Vladimir Putin has made a surprise visit to the Russian-occupied Ukrainian city of Mariupol, scene of some of the worst devastation of his year-old invasion. State television showed 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. The port city of Mariupol became known around the world as a byword for death and destruction as…

Russia's Putin visits Mariupol city following Crimea tour – SUCH TV

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Spread the love Russian President Vladimir Putin has visited Mariupol, Russian state media reported, the Ukrainian city of Donetsk region that fell to Russian troops in May last year. According to Russian state media, Putin flew to Mariupol by helicopter. Driving a car, Putin travelled around several districts of the city, making stops, talking to residents, inspecting the city’s reconstruction as well as the construction of new neighbourhoods. In the Nevsky micro-district, Putin spoke with the residents and at the invitation of one of the families, he visited their home,…

Putin Visits Mariupol in First Trip to Occupied Territory – The Moscow Times

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Putin Visits Mariupol in First Trip to Occupied Territory - The Moscow Times
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Spread the love Russian President Vladimir Putin made a surprise trip to Mariupol, the Kremlin said Sunday, his first visit to territory captured from Ukraine since the start of Moscow’s invasion. Just hours after Putin visited Crimea to mark the ninth anniversary of the peninsula’s annexation, video distributed by the Kremlin showed him landing by helicopter in Mariupol, the port city that Moscow captured after a long siege last spring. The visit triggered an angry reaction from Ukraine, with a presidential aide blasting its “cynicism” and “lack of remorse.” The…

Ukraine live briefing: Putin visits Mariupol in show of bravado; Germany says it would arrest him

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Ukraine live briefing: Putin visits Mariupol in show of bravado; Germany says it would arrest him
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Spread the love Russian President Vladimir Putin made a surprise visit to occupied Mariupol, the Kremlin said early Sunday. His trip to the Ukrainian city, which was devastated last year in a deadly Russian siege and is about 60 miles from the battlefront, is a show of defiance following the arrest warrant that the International Criminal Court issued for him over alleged war crimes in Ukraine. It was Putin’s second foray of the weekend into occupied Ukraine, following a visit to the Crimean peninsula. German authorities will arrest Putin if…

Putin Visits Mariupol in First Trip to Fallen City – The Moscow Times

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Putin Visits Mariupol in First Trip to Fallen City - The Moscow Times
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Spread the love Russian President Vladimir Putin made a surprise visit to Mariupol, state media reported Sunday, his first to the city since it was captured after a lengthy siege at the start of Moscow’s offensive in Ukraine. The trip comes after an arrest warrant was issued for Putin by the International Criminal Court, over Russia’s alleged deportation of thousands of Ukrainian children during the conflict. Russia besieged Mariupol at the start of its offensive last year, destroying the Azovstal steel works, the last holdout of Ukrainian forces in the…

Ukrainian strikes goal Russian bases in occupied Mariupol, says Ukrainian official

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Ukrainian strikes goal Russian bases in occupied Mariupol, says Ukrainian official
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Spread the love Anastasia Kvitka working from dwelling within the central Ukrainian metropolis of Dnipro. (Anastasia Kvitka) For Anastasia Kvitka, a marketer for Latvia-based tech startup Bordio, working from dwelling within the central Ukrainian metropolis of Dnipro means planning the day’s duties round frequent web outages, energy cuts and Russian air raids. Easy errands, equivalent to shopping for groceries or sending submit, could also be interrupted by sirens warning of incoming missile and air strikes. Usually, Kvitka works from her pantry. The improvised shelter is meant to guard her and…