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Ukraine war: Putin pays visit to occupied Mariupol, state media reports

Ukraine war: Putin pays visit to occupied Mariupol, state media reports

Russian President Vladimir Putin has paid a shock see to Mariupol, a Ukrainian port recorded by Russia after its forces battered a lot of it to damages.

A main video shows Mr Putin driving an automobile with roads in the evening and speaking to people. The Kremlin states it occurred late on Saturday.

It is believed to be his first journey to a newly-occupied Ukrainian region.

Mariupol’s ousted mayor informed BBC Information that Mr Putin was a “criminal” who had “gone back to the scene of the criminal activity”.

” He has come in individual to see what he has done,” Vadym Boychenko stated. “He’s come to see what he will certainly be punished for.”

Other exiled Ukrainian city authorities stated Mr Putin had actually visited during the night so he would not see the damaged city in daylight.

Tass information agency claims he took a trip to Mariupol by helicopter. In the video he remains in the automobile with Russia’s Deputy Head of state Marat Khusnullin, that clarifies how the city is being reconstructed.

The Kremlin has stated the decision to drive round the city was made spontaneously by the Russian leader.

Putin additionally checks out the city’s Philharmonic Hall, which had actually been due to be made use of for tests of recorded Ukrainian forces prior to they were released in a prisoner swap instead.

The Russian leader is additionally reported to have actually met top army commanders in Rostov-on-Don, a Russian city just east of Mariupol.

Mariupol has actually been under Russian profession for more than 10 months after being devastated in one of the longest and bloodiest fights of the conflict. Ukraine says more than 20,000 individuals were eliminated there.

UN analysis estimates that 90% of the structures were damaged and also around 350,000 individuals were required to leave, out of a pre-war population of regarding 500,000.

putin in mariupol
A team of citizens have told the BBC that Russia is conducting a pricey project to rebuild the city and also sway the hearts and minds of its people. The purpose is to absorb Mariupol as well as make it Russia’s very own. Russian authorities claim 300,000 individuals are currently living there.

The battling saw Russia strike a Mariupol theater where hundreds of private citizens were safeguarding. The building collapsed, and also a minimum of 300 are believed to have died there.

Ukraine and also civils rights groups claim the attack totaled up to a war criminal offense.

It is among occurrences for which Mr Putin and his program can be held lawfully accountable, the United Nations has actually claimed.

The International Wrongdoer Court said on Friday it had actually released a warrant for the apprehension of Mr Putin over involving the unlawful expulsion of Ukrainian children to Russia. It suggests he might currently be jailed if he sets foot in any of the court’s 123 participant states.

  • ‘ You can restore Mariupol – you can not restore the dead’
  • Russia declares victory at Mariupol steelworks

On Saturday Mr Putin made an unannounced visit to Crimea, to note the ninth wedding anniversary of Russia’s annexation of the territory from Ukraine.

He visited a new Russian arts school, a children’s summertime camp as well as future social projects, such as the New Russia gallery as well as gallery of Christianity, Russian state media reported.

The Kyiv authorities have sworn to liberate all Russian-occupied regions, including Crimea, which was annexed by Russia in 2014.

Last Updated: 20 March 2023

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