"The criminal is always drawn to the scene of the crime."

This is how the advisor to the head of the office of the President of Ukraine, Mikhail Padalyak, commented on the visit of the President of Russia, Vladimir Putin, to the occupied Mariupol.

"While the countries of the civilized world announce the arrest of the "director of the war" (V.V. Putin) in case of crossing the border, the organizer of the murders of thousands of Mariupol families came to admire the ruins of the city and mass graves.

Cynicism and lack of remorse," Padalyak wrote on Twitter.

Russian state media reported today about Putin's first trip to the occupied territories.

Journalists from the Kremlin pool told "Verstka" that the visit to Mariupol, like Saturday's visit to the annexed Crimea, was not planned.

The representative of the Kremlin,

, told reporters that during the visit, traffic in the city was not interrupted.

The assistant of the Ukrainian mayor of Mariupol,

that during Putin's stay, the sky was closed over the city.

In addition, mobile communication was turned off.