The trip came one day after the ICC issued an arrest warrant against Putin, accusing him of committing war crimes.
Russian President Vladimir Putin made a surprise weekend visit to Mariupol, a Ukrainian city Russia seized last year after a devastating siege, the Kremlin announced on Sunday, just two days after the International Criminal Court issued an arrest warrant for Putin over war crimes Russia has allegedly committed in the country.... [+]
President Vladimir Putin escorting by Russian Deputy Prime Minister Marat Khusnullin visits the Mariupol theater during his visit to Mariupol in Russian-controlled Donetsk region, Ukraine.
Putin arrived by helicopter and drove himself around while visiting several neighborhoods, speaking with residents and surveying reconstruction projects, the Kremlin said in a statementThe Mariupol visit came on the same day Putin visited Crimea, to mark the nine year anniversary of its annexation from Ukraine.The trip marks the closest Putin has gotten to the war’s front lines.More than 400,000. That’s how many people lived in Mariupol before the war.
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