<p>Russian President <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/vladimir-putin" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Vladimir Putin</a> made a surprise trip on Saturday to Mariupol, a Ukrainian city his forces captured last year.</p>
<p>Reports say Putin <a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2023/03/19/putin-mariupol-visit-occupied-ukraine/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">flew in by helicopter</a>. Video from Russian media showed Putin driving a car through after dark, visiting buildings, and meeting with residents.</p>
<p>Russian state news service TASS said it was Putin&#8217;s first-ever visit to Donbass, a region in eastern Ukraine, and while there, he <a href="https://tass.com/politics/1590801" target="_blank" rel="noopener">received a report</a> from Russian Deputy Prime Minister Marat Khusnullin about efforts to rebuild the port city within the eastern region.</p>
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<p lang="en" dir="ltr">Russian President Vladimir Putin has made a surprise visit to the devastated city of Mariupol. This is his first visit to the partly-captured Donbas region of eastern Ukraine since Moscow&#39;s 2022 invasion. <a href="https://t.co/D7AFwv6MHF">pic.twitter.com/D7AFwv6MHF</a></p>
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<p>&#8220;In particular, the report concerned the construction of new residential districts, social and educational facilities, utility infrastructure and medical centers,&#8221; said the Kremlin press service.</p>
<p>Word of Putin&#8217;s visit came about one day after the International Criminal Court <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/the-international-criminal-court-issues-arrest-warrant-for-vladimir-putin-for-abducting-children-war-crimes" target="_blank" rel="noopener">issued an arrest warrant</a> for Putin for alleged war crimes during Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, in particular the abduction of children.</p>
<p>Mykhailo Podolyak, an adviser to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, <a href="https://twitter.com/Podolyak_M/status/1637416418139418624" target="_blank" rel="noopener">chastised Putin in a post to Twitter</a>.</p>
<p>&#8220;The criminal always returns to the crime scene,&#8221; said. &#8220;As the civilized world announces the arrest of the &#8216;war director&#8217; (VV Putin) in case of crossing its borders, the murderer of thousands of Mariupol families came to admire the ruins of the city &amp; graves. Cynicism &amp; lack of remorse.&#8221;</p>
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<p>Russia began what it called a “special military operation” in Ukraine on February 24, 2022, in an ongoing conflict that has led to tens of thousands of deaths and the displacement of millions of people.</p>
<p>Early on in the fight, Moscow’s forces managed to seize roughly a quarter of Ukraine, but the Ukrainians have been able to fend off their advance with the support of a coalition of countries led by the United States that has sent Ukraine billions of dollars of lethal aid and levied waves of sanctions against Russia.</p>
<p>Multiple media reports have characterized Mariupol, which is located in Ukraine’s Donetsk Oblast, as a symbol of Ukrainian resistance as it was the site of fierce fighting during the early months of the war and the site of particularly visceral devastation, including a <a href="https://www.cnn.com/2022/03/09/europe/gallery/mariupol-hospital-bombed/index.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">bombed-out maternity hospital</a>.</p>
<p>Russian forces seized control of Mariupol in May after defeating Ukrainian fighters who were <a href="https://www.npr.org/2022/05/22/1100582879/fate-of-2-500-ukrainian-pows-from-steel-plant-stirs-concern" target="_blank" rel="noopener">holding out in a steel plant</a>.</p>
<p>Putin <a href="https://www.pbs.org/newshour/world/putin-finalizes-annexation-of-ukrainian-regions-as-russian-forces-struggle-to-maintain-control" target="_blank" rel="noopener">signed off</a> on the annexation of four Ukrainian regions, including Donetsk, in October. Shortly after, the United Nations overwhelmingly approved a resolution demanding Moscow reverse course on its &#8220;<a href="https://news.un.org/en/story/2022/10/1129492" target="_blank" rel="noopener">attempted illegal annexation</a>.&#8221;</p>

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