Russian president flew in by helicopter and then drove a car in several districts of the city, site of one of the war’s bloodiest battles
Vladimir Putin has visited Mariupol, Russian media reported on Sunday, in the Russian president’s first trip to the Russian-occupied east of Ukraine since the war began.
, the regional governor said, accusing Moscow of having used cluster bombs in the attack on the eastern Ukrainian city. Pavlo Kyrylenko said a park had been targeted and “a dozen residential buildings” damaged. Agence France-Presse reporters heard about 10 explosions go off nearly simultaneously and said they saw a woman die at the scene from her wounds. Soon after, another round of explosions was heard in a neighbourhood 2km away.
Russia’s Wagner mercenary group plans to recruit about 30,000 new fighters by the middle of May, its founder has said. In its latest intelligence update, it said Russian Duma deputies introduced a bill to change the conscription age for men from the current 18-27 to 21-30. The law would probably be passed, it said, and come into force in January 2024.
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