For the first time since the launch of the Russian military operation in Ukraine, the Kremlin announced today, Sunday, that Russian President Vladimir Putin He visited the city of Mariupol, which is controlled by Russian forces in the Donbass.
The Kremlin press office added that the Russian president inspected a number of the city’s facilities and spoke with local residents, noting that President Putin arrived in the city of Mariupol on a helicopter, then drove a car through several areas of the city, where he stopped, and the Russian president spoke in the neighborhood. “Nevsky” with the townspeople, and at the invitation of one of the families, Putin visited her home.
Russian Deputy Prime Minister Marat Khosnullin informed the president in detail about the progress of construction and restoration work in the city and its suburbs.
The Kremlin press office indicated that “there was talk, in particular, about the construction of new small residential areas, social and educational facilities, infrastructure for communal services and medical institutions.”
And the press service added that “the head of state also inspected the coastline in Mariupol in the area of u200bu200bthe Yacht Club, Theater Building and other areas of the city.
Putin also held a meeting in “Rostov-on-Don” at the command center of the special military operation.
It is noteworthy that Moscow controls Mariupol since May last year.
This was issued by the International Criminal Court, on Friday, An arrest warrant against the Russian president for war crimes in Ukraine.
The court said the arrest warrant was issued for the “presumed war crime of illegal deportation of children from occupied regions of Ukraine to the Russian Federation” since the start of the invasion.
More than 16,000 Ukrainian children have been deported to Russia since the start of the military operation on February 24, 2022, according to Kiev, and many of them have been placed in institutions and care homes.
The Kremlin rejected the court’s decision, describing it as “invalid” because Russia is not a party to the International Criminal Court.
On the other hand, war-torn Ukraine welcomed the court’s announcement, and its President Volodymyr Zelensky considered the decision “historic”.
