Putin makes surprise visit to Russian-held areas of Ukraine, Kremlin says

Russian President Vladimir Putin visited military commanders in areas of Ukraine's Kherson and Luhansk regions that are held by Russian forces, the Kremlin said.
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[@garyvillers5203]

Tragic should have never happened. No honor in any of this. No honor. Killing women and children. Taking out hospitals. I don't get how there's anything to cheer, congratulate here. Wait till it comes to your backyard and see what you write then

[@Lara-gk4hy]

Don't be so silly😂

[@rickwhite3181]

Exactly these snowflakes on here praising the Sick p.o.s. putin they don't have a clue

[@Under_Growth]

At this point I'm sure Putin will visit East Palestine, Ohio before President Biden

[@JigilJigil]

*Putin to Russian soldiers:* I know that many of you are being killed every day for my noble purposes, but don't worry, I am totally safe in my luxurious palace.

[@damienyuen7718]

Is that what Bush and Obama said to their soldiers getting killed? Maybe because it was all for nothing but banker greed.

[@Jin-1337]

Where's zelensky then? I don't see him in the battlefield

[@Brada86_]

Biden literally blew up a family by accident. Not surprising

[@tripe2237]

@@Jin-1337 He was near the frontlines in Avdiyivka yesterday giving out medals. You can see bullet holes and destruction in the Zelenskyy photos and video, none of which is evident in the Putin photo op.

[@BOB777777777700]

@@Jin-1337Stupid comparison. Zelensky can be reached by Russian munitions so technically every part of Ukraine is the battlefield for him, making every day a life or death situation, and he’s been living like that for the past year. Putin can’t compare.

[@Mediocre_JT]

I'd love to see an army of like 20 babushkas just beating him down with purses and canes.😂😂

[@bobbob-vw4cc]

they have till the end of next month from the leaks. Ukraine losing bad

[@lqdtrance]

@@bobbob-vw4cc good

[@zeke5491]

I could say the same for the dictator of America

[@anfg7376]

​@@bobbob-vw4ccwell apparently not....not in Kherson

[@anfg7376]

​@@zeke5491the dictator that will definitely have a fixed term of office and can't change the constitution to stay in power or imprison any and all opposition or independent media?

[@robertm7120]

He shakes hands??? 🤔

[@GarthVonMaraner]

This version does 😂

[@xXSilentAgent47Xx]

At least he's not sniffing kids hair.

[@d20audioediting]

​@@xXSilentAgent47Xxat least he's not grooming Ivanka at epistein island like daddy tRump

[@josullivan5189]

Something looks off about everything that handshake looked so uncoordinated and unofficial

[@damienyuen7718]

With people that he likes. Not western pedos.

[@tyresestewartforeverabsolu4089]

Bruh that chopper looking very Soviet 80s man 😂

[@ChooseLoveToday316]

I thought the same honestly.

[@JABelms]

A Chinook is from the 1960s. People forgot how to build proper things after the Cold War

[@MuantanamoMobile]

They are upgraded internally as regards electronics etc. But the design and physics of flight remains the same. If it ain't broken, don't fix it.

[@lettucesalad3560]

Putin won't give them one of his golden toilet brushes

[@godmaster6047]

Does anyone know which double this is?

[@imperialmotoring3789]

Zelesnkyyyy i believe.

[@bijbaj01bijbaj38]

Niut it orginal he is

[@Salty-Crackers]

lol

[@mannylugz5872]

Winnie The Poohtin.

[@randal_gibbons]

He has the walk down pat but it probably isn't him.

[@pariswhitehead373]

1:09 if that aint a black Jesus i don't know what it is 😅

[@timothyb3121]

Those Devils know the Truth, they haven't whitewashed every image yet. I guess they believed that they've done enough Iconoclasm over the Centuries, and have deceived the masses enough that don't have to do it anymore, but the Truth is getting back out again.🙏🏾

[@timothyb3121]

Check out the Book "Russian Icons" . All Black images of Christ, the Apostles, King David and Solomon, and even showing a Greek Orthodox "priest" redoing the True image of Christ, painting a White Jesus.

[@fromtheheavenlyrealms8613]

That's not a good thing. The cross is a Roman image that represents death. God hates reared up images and graven images. The cross is a reared up & graven image.

[@pariswhitehead373]

​@@timothyb3121 Bet

[@Victoria-hs9lb]

The religious figures in most early Russian icons are depicted as dark.

[@carlosclara4759]

I don't know if my eyes are getting blurry, but the little guy looks sick. 😱

[@johnfreeman9358]

He has cancer

[@ericlondon2663]

Putin has cancer (100% serious) But don't tell anyone I told you.

[@makiadisan1937]

Coping

[@belloali3173]

You are just a saddest, thats why.

[@sirburst1728]

He's been sick for over 20 years by 🇺🇲 basement doctors.

[@virginiagrundman4012]

That's his double. No way would he risk his miserable life. No way.

[@collinsoconnor5843]

Like the way you are risking your miserable life eating burgers on a minimum wage?

[@damienyuen7718]

Virgina? You mean that broke state with crime everywhere? 🤣

[@tyresestewartforeverabsolu4089]

​@@collinsoconnor5843😂😂😂

[@elimanewade7429]

​@@collinsoconnor5843 😂😅😂😅

[@johnfreeman9358]

Your double must have type this comment

[@axelquiros8130]

Murderr

[@UrMomOwesMeMoney]

A leader who doesn't return salutes to his officers. What a POS.

[@la7era1u54]

Which clone is this? We all know that the bunker grandpa Putler doesn't leave his hobbit-hole

[@nuxkamina]

I like the bond villain all black with turtle neck look.

[@wvp07]

Yeh, right. And I’m the Queen of America.

[@o.b.7217]

That's not Pootin.

[@travkin8842]

Я тебе открою секрет, только никому не говори. Это Байден.......

[@victorclayton6061]

Should not get to comfortable mr Putin

[@UrMomOwesMeMoney]

We are watching fascism in real time folks.

[@dribble3111]

Putin dubble?

[@Wayzor_]

Obvious Doppelganger.

[@user-fb3ye6bz2i]

СОГЛАСЕН С ВАМИ

[@ohyeahslots]

Is that the same Chopper from the Movie Red Dawn? Man, they need to update their military equipment 🤣

[@sweetbabyraysmeatfiber6811]

Seems like it's good enough to hold of a few hundred billion dollars of weaponry from NATO

[@travkin8842]

На этой технике летали ваши военные в Афганистане. Потому что ваше дерьмо может летать только в стерильных условиях. Это самый надёжный вертолёт в мире.

[@d20audioediting]

Remember Tucker Carlson is played on Russian state tv

[@wcstrawberryfields8011]

Well, nobody ever accused the Russians of cowardice. Now go oil your boyfriend's tramp stamp.

[@bobsmoth-iv3sp]

The comedy channel ?

[@ttcc5273]

I think Tucker receives some compensation back from Putin for all the kind words and fawning coverage

[@Brian-fq7nr]

And Joe Biden on Chinese state tv.

[@TheChopf26]

No one cares.

[@ytrdgvsss356]

He's all business though, very competent.

[@ukraine244]

No way that is Putler! He's hiding somewhere LOL. Also his face is much too thin looking.

[@lolawants2008]

There’s nothing to really prove it was in Ukraine. Footage from a car window he doesn’t need to be there for, then nondescript places we see him in. Notice how peacefully quiet the background noise is 😉

[@Lara-gk4hy]

😂😂😂

[@user-jb7vb1hz2b]

Верно, это не Путлер, это Владимир Владимирович Путин. 👍🇷🇺❤️

[@ageofaries1761]

Why is this footage even available??? 🧐

[@bowlampar]

Once Poop-Tin step on his newly occupied Ukranian land, it would soon become a self- autonomy province of Russia Federation, everything seen to develop at its usual pattern for occupied area inside Ukraine.

[@MrRocketguitar]

Seems he is always followed by his body guards and no one he meets has a weapon… sadly

[@blkqueen217]

He's the President!!

[@LiPo5000]

The weapons are there! And very close!

[@U.H8]

This is not original Putler!!!Putler himself doesn’t dare shake hands 🤦🏼🤦🏻‍♀️‼️

[@mailmusic]

What a joke he is. I wonder if his mother would be so proud of him?

[@Kodeballer]

Darth Vader has arrived, drops off a copy of a relic that was around when Napolean smashed through there nation

[@RT-yd1uz]

This is not a man it’s a joke from an old story. Man today are closer to their emotions and make better decisions.

[@charliesmith4479]

BELIEVE nothing you hear and only Half what you see. Where are the dates?

[@kyheel6108]

Need a sniper out there

[@erisgh0sted961]

Right on. Maybe he can come help Trump campaign in America for his 2024 presidential failure.

[@HsingSun]

How could this US media visit Putin's visiting area?

[@tripe2237]

See that little watermark in the top right hand corner that says "Russian TV pool"? I think it's a clue of some sort, but can't figure it out.

[@lemontadams3029]

Get within 50 miles of this dude without clearance and your DOA

[@reaperrt1019]

Other Presidents would’ve Qasem Soleimani’d his butt.

[@AG-kp8es]

Why are they still calling him tovarishch? I thought that word is no longer used after ussr

[@Spaceballz123]

LOL The real Putin always keeps everyone at least 50 feet away. Where's the gigantic table? That's a body double 🤣

[@alexandragraham4086]

What do you know about real Putin? God bless Putin❤! Hey, guys, we need something bigger and independent than KZbin! I see likes on my reply, but KZbin removes them...

[@karnage5888]

​@@alexandragraham4086 hes killing people

[@TRAP_WILL]

The Kremlin called

[@tommas2674]

unlike zelinsky's trips to hollywood, (hmm for staged war vids) to dc to pick up MORE OF OUR money then off to the WEF despot perverts, shopping sprees and how many new mansions.

[@damienyuen7718]

You said the same about Saddam and then got ran out of Iraq. 🤣

[@tooliget3343]

Why do we have this video

[@sillybilly8028]

Is that the real Putin or another double?😅

[@oleksandrpotylko8054]

Looks like the real one

[@ivanradas6044]

Who knows, I think every larger country has several body doubles of their leaders, I think if he’s meeting with commanders or generals there’s a good chance it might be the real one.

[@carlosclara4759]

A double, the real one never sits to close to nobody.

[@la7era1u54]

The real Vl-Adolf Putler is hiding in a bunker. He doesn't leave his hobbit-hole

[@deannearmstrong2501]

Same videos as last visit

[@DhanusDhari-js7wk]

Russian 🇷🇺 vs Nepal 🇳🇵 love you 🫡🫡

[@Wizardof]

Nyet

[@adamdcarrol]

Why would he show a picture of jesus as he invades his neighbor?

[@frankroque7597]

Golly gee, mister. You really mean it?👽

[@kevint7187]

That’s a very risk visit, and Ukrainians should have at least fired a warning shot from Himars so let Mr. Putin know he’ll have to think twice if he wants do it again……

[@buuqmarabo2778]

only if there are any Himars left to fire. 😂

[@coffeetalk924]

I'm not sure they even know about these high profile visits, and I'm sure Putin didn't stick around very long. He was probably in and out of there in an hour.

[@jaysherman2615]

Well Ukraine is pretty much done for, best not to infuriate Putin right now.

[@tomhenry897]

Biden wouldn’t tell ukraine he was at the front or they would

[@user-fb3ye6bz2i]

МЫ ЗНАЛИ , ЧТО ЭТО ДВОЙНИК, МИЛЛИОН ПРОЦЕНТОВ

[@steenrasmussen2371]

Just look around......Never been a part off the war...nothing destrued

[@williamwells1862]

Does not walk like Putin silly.

[@SeeTheWholeTruth]

Yes yes Comrade I am clone # 221.

[@alexfoxpoker]

PUTIN IS GOD!🇷🇺🇷🇺🇷🇺

[@marviwilson1853]

and most rational people don't believe in God!

[@nidialuccioni4476]

Who’s Wants Him There

[@vijaysharma-ww3ij]

ऐसा शेर बच्चे का साथ चाहिए यह नहि तिन मुडी शेर काम करते हैं नही ताकत का फल मीठा है ना 80 झक मारी थी

[@drumtwo4seven]

THE PERFECT TIME TO SNIPE

[@luisrivera7506]

Or bomb

[@hurricanewinzz]

Its only Honorable to those who support Ukraine to let them see Truth but its something he must do to prove he is a Master and not the servant

[@ricardoalas743]

Is a double Putin has a pink color

[@jamirjamir7273]

Ur mom

[@blueocean-me1ns]

Nice target if the Ukrainians had jets in the air.

[@ricardoalas743]

What’s he doing with w black jesus

[@cliffordskeen4368]

War criminal!

[@Villain-Of-The-Story]

Go run to your divider in chief, so he can sniff your hair & tell you don't jump.

[@user-jb7vb1hz2b]

Ze

[@sfviris5582]

WHY are you giving this guy the time of day? Stop indulging his mental illness. STOP!

[@bobbob-vw4cc]

get help, karen.

[@sensordeeznuts]

If America had a leader like that we wouldn't be a joke like we are.

[@jdanon203]

You think America wasn't a joke when it slaughtered all those people in the Middle East? Don't think being a murderous regime earns you the type of respect you're looking for.

[@randylaffy7679]

Oooh no my comment got deleted

[@tyronemajor3691]

That was the black Jesus wow......

[@whatthat150]

1:09 a very nice Jesus for a gift.

[@dreadlegend7365]

Smiling, putting his hand out to shake, listening to his people. all cause the camera is there.

[@lqdtrance]

🥴🥴🥴

[@Ulquiorra_..]

@LadyKate yeah he's leading them alright, leading them into a pit.

[@dreadlegend7365]

@LadyKate you say it like Biden doesnt have manners. You must be Trumpster, and if you say youre not then you lying. Bidens not perfect but he's got a legitimate smile and welcomes or greets people like a gentleman. Maybe he should push other leaders out the way or walk in front of a queen like Trump, thatll make you happy im sure.

[@DelfinoGarza77]

That's not putin, that's a look a like.

[@MoskusMoskiferus1611]

More like His clone

[@mr.badluck8004]

One sided story

[@tailormario380]

a different putin.. hahaha much older than the other putin

[@alessandrorusso939]

doesn't look like putin

[@user-rg5gp3hz4y]

Great VVP

[@davidviramontes9317]

😅TX,

[@NFiltr8Red]

Missiles should have hit and obliterated that area when he was there. War Over!

[@TheChopf26]

That wouldn't end the war, it would only escalate it.

[@travkin8842]

1 час останется жить западу....

[@ClarkKent-tg6ls]

F Putin

[@johnnewman1975]

He's very sick

[@travkin8842]

Да да. Местные комментаторы насчитали у него 100 смертельных болезней. Ему нужен врач байдена.

[@phyllis9750]

Was it him .... or was it his body double???

[@OoSai-qh3ce]

လူစုတ်ကြီး

[@user-jb7vb1hz2b]

🙏🇷🇺❤️

[@ChooseLoveToday316]

I wish Putin believed in something spiritually. No one with Faith would act the way he does.

[@taylorbug9]

They have throughout history, what do you mean?

[@lqdtrance]

🥴

[@rickwhite3181]

He's definitely an atheist doesn't really matter there's a place all picked out for that p.o.s soul

[@XX-qi5eu]

Hitler and Musolini were both catholic.

[@butterfly-pf8lj]

Saw all the money we gave to ukraine. They still lost. lets still pray for Ukraine people

[@marviwilson1853]

You seem to have missed the news. 50% of occupied territory now reclaimed from the Russian invaders. Ukrainian army now locked and loaded with all those tasty high tech western war toys. Let the games begin.

[@naimanaima5766]

Tajsid

[@ricardoalas743]

Less deep eys

[@teariki-barefist2932]

Move off pootan.

[@user-cr9ct1et8l]

Its liberated part of Russia ! always remember !!!

[@marviwilson1853]

The large Russian population in Dubai have just voted. Apparently Dubai is now part of the Russian Federation. Eastern Ukraine will only ever be a place where Russian soldiers go to die.

[@P_Diddles]

Bleck Jezuz

[@ericlondon2663]

If Putin was a real man he would die on the Ukrainian front but he's just on a show tour like a princess. Slava Ukraini 🇺🇦!

[@eduardoflores7315]

If zelensky was a real man he should be in the front lines from the first day even before the war But noooo your zelensky is the clown 🤡 of the west GOD BLESS RUSSIA 🇷🇺AND PUTIN AND THE RUSSIAN PEOPLE 🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬

[@mannylugz5872]

Himars will soon find a way to meet Putler.

[@savvyinfo9762]

Ukraine no Longer exist it will be slava mother Russia

[@Ps4Id-sk3zw]

I don't see your president doing it tho?

[@mannylugz5872]

@@savvyinfo9762 don't drink too much stale vodka.

[@mannylugz5872]

Why bother? Ukraine will get it back anyway.

[@Jahmall841]

Yes they will,when wishing wells become a reality 😊

[@hainguyen51755]

Keep dreaming!.

[@wcstrawberryfields8011]

Yep, they just need another $120,000,000,000.

[@trevorsutherland5263]

Copium

[@randal_gibbons]

@@wcstrawberryfields8011 whatever it costs will be worth it.

[@moogs]

Murderers. All of them.

[@DRKrust492]

That poor guy. There's likely a Russian pointing an AK at him so he cooperates with that handshake....or his wife is being held hostage.

[@edwinsiala3373]

What are you talking about? It seems you list3n to too much fake news

[@darth3911]

Unlikely Ukraine dose have some extreme Russian nationalists.

[@alalesc3796]

Just like the good all USA😅😅😅😅😅

[@Jin-1337]

That's stupid.

[@billmcgoon9991]

Hebrews 4: 12 - 13

[@billmcgoon9991]

State your case.

[@billmcgoon9991]

1 John 3: 8

[@FarmerKen355]

I wonder where they stole it from?

[@LauraVillasenor-bf8ni]

BIG WHOOP😂

[@sundaywilson1142]

Wow

[@Jleet-3573]

💣🧨🧹❌🔚🇺🇦

[@UrMomOwesMeMoney]

Where is a drone or sniper when you need one?

[@salvadorallende448]

For Biden and Trump?

[@hokeypokeypots]

Wasn't Putin supposed to be on his deathbed?? 🤣🤣 Wanna see Biden visit the troops on Taiwan after he starts a war with China. 😂😂😂😂

[@DRKrust492]

I'm good with helping Taiwan defend itself from China.

[@hokeypokeypots]

@@DRKrust492 I would prefer that my tax dollars are not used on endless wars for the profit of the crooked US political duopoly and their wealthy campaign donors...but, to each his own.

[@kevincloud574]

Biden isn't starting any wars unlike the fascist dictators of Russia and China. Biden isn't the one aggressively performing military drills and moco impotent invasions of a island 100 miles away, Xi is.

[@dh5380]

Bot

[@anfg7376]

I don't think Taiwan or the US will be firing first.....do you?

[@tomhenry897]

Needs to boost moral and motivate the generals

[@anfg7376]

with his little bag of rather disappointing goodies

[@shamimfiroz3306]

Is this Double or Triple? Or real Putin the great?

[@GotMoxy]

Zelensky kzbin.info/www/bejne/kJKWmnSah8-Mh8U

[@godmaster6047]

Yes

[@davesmith3892]

This war never would have happened if Trump was still President we all know it and all of those beautiful children would still be alive

[@markmmmm9720]

Because Trump is in Putins pocket. And disgusting human being!

[@jdanon203]

Sure Jan

[@bioodfox7805]

Trump would be giving schloppy to Putin under the table. He'd probably even be funding Russia directly. Please use your brain before proceeding to spew your "opinion".

[@marviwilson1853]

Probably true. Instead NATO would probably be getting ready for the battle to defend Poland and the Baltics!!

[@davesmith3892]

@@jdanon203 I'm glad you agree with me