Ukraine war: Putin pays visit to occupied Mariupol, state media reports
Other exiled Ukrainian city officials said Mr Putin had visited at night so he would not see the destroyed city in daylight. The Kremlin said Mr Putin's decision to go to Mariupol had been "spontaneous". The Russian leader is also reported to have met top military commanders in Rostov-on-Don, a Russian city just east of Mariupol. Tass news agency says he travelled to Mariupol by helicopter. In the video he is in the car with Russia's Deputy Prime Minister Marat Khusnullin, who explains how the c
