Putin pays surprise visit to Mariupol and command center in Rostov-on-Don

Russian President Vladimir Putin made a surprise visit to Mariupol.
An official video shows Putin driving a car through streets at night and speaking to people.
The Kremlin says it happened late on Saturday.
The visit came after Putin traveled to Crimea on Saturday in an unannounced visit to mark the ninth anniversary of Russia's annexation of the peninsula from Ukraine, and just two days after the International Criminal Court (ICC) issued an arrest warrant for the Russian leader.
Mariupol was Russia's first major victory after it failed to seize Kyiv and focused instead on southeastern Ukraine.
Putin also visits the city's Philharmonic Hall, which had been due to be used for trials of captured Ukrainian forces before they were released in a prisoner swap instead.
Putin is also reported to have met top military commanders in Rostov-on-Don, a Russian city just east of Mariupol.
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[@Valera.Azrapkin]

Mariupol - not Ukraine! 🙅‍♀️❌ Mariupol - is Russia! ❤😇

[@feizai245]

This man is fighting the entire collective West on all fronts. Militarily, economically, politically, culturally, and winning. What a badass character Putin is.

[@cheezee8169]

💯😎

[@tyroneslothrop123]

...all that with his bare hands and shovels only! Can you imagine that? ;)

[@44jwong]

I prefer to have leaders like him than the fake western leaders who talk the talk where Putin walk the talk.

[@timmy-wj2hc]

Legendary leader of the 21st century.🇷🇺💪

[@GeorgeIllustrations]

@@tyroneslothrop123 go and send your God Biden 🤣🤣🤣

[@Crokey]

When anyone clears an area of Nazi soldiers it's described as Liberated, not occupied.

[@Sp3ll633]

Occupied by orcs

[@Crokey]

@@Sp3ll633 It's good that you stand by you're racism, I hate racist who say their not racist but just feel pity for openly racist "people."

[@Sp3ll633]

@@Crokey Orc is a Fantasy term. If i say : all Russians are subhumans. Then it's racism.

[@dilligafwoftam985]

It's not 'Occupied' Mariupol, it's Russian Mariopol

[@Sp3ll633]

Occupied is correct

[@raideepu4]

What a personality!

[@philippepeltier142]

Meanwhile Biden is looking for his socks... 🧠🧠🧠

[@ongeri]

🧀🧠

[@roysamontanez3978]

Nice move😂🇷🇺 URAAAA

[@pamelapeel4893]

What a great job rebuilding so fast Bless Putin❤

[@babyboo7741]

Watch“мариупорь видео” they update everyday.

[@justice.freedom.mankind]

Long live mother Russia 🇷🇺 with President Vladimir Putin 🇷🇺! God bless the Russian 🇷🇺 people: Nazism, Fascism and Terrorism never more! ✊✊✊✊✊✊✊✊✊✊

[@Sp3ll633]

+50 Cents

[@VivianneFlorence]

Catch him if you can 😂

[@mbdulka]

Rolled in like a G ...

[@juditl4866]

Welcome to the liberated Mariupol!

[@babyboo7741]

I read comments on BBC news. Many people believed that this is double Putin 😆😂🤣 they are so naive 😝😝

[@deadpoolguy283]

Its another one of their pathetic coping attempts. Deep down they know their high heeled "Messiah" is nothing but a con artist Neonazi stealing tax money.

[@deewonders6959]

😹

[@starktony1067]

Awesome over on west side news they loving this hahaha go Putin go Russia

[@dilligafwoftam985]

F'ing hero ...

[@Winter_Jasmine]

Glory Russia 🇷🇺

[@46magno]

СПАСИБО!👏💐🙏🇷🇺

[@teatree6228]

Peace eventually among ukr and Ru

[@roysamontanez3978]

😂😂😂

[@rafaelvrban1255]

That was Putin double

[@harrysatriaazza304]

Beruntungnya anda rusia memiliki pemimpin yg kuat dan mental pejuang yg cinta tanah airnya, salut dr indonesia, ❤

[@tomtom9792]

arrest him!

[@strongchallenger2269]

Middle finger to Tom Tom 😂

[@arcrival3801]

Grow the hell up.

[@Hahaha41241]

Try. Lol

[@dongiovanni8899]

even US is not member of ICC😂😂😂

[@deadpoolguy283]

White knighting for Notsees, huh Tommy?

[@herratossavainen9669]

surely mariupol is newly annexed russian territory, rather than newly occupied ukrainian territory, since the top dog of russia has marked it as his territory by pissing there?

[@user-gb3qu4gp9v]

)Mariupol was founded by order of Catherine II in 1778 as the Russian fortress Pavlovsk (the renaming took place a little later