(Central News Agency) Russian President Vladimir Putin made a surprise visit to the port city of Maribo in southern Ukraine yesterday, his first visit to the Russian-occupied area of ​​Ukraine since the start of the war.

Ukraine's Defense Ministry today criticized Putin for using the darkness as cover "like a thief".

"Like a thief, Vladimir Putin visits Mariupol, Ukraine, under the cover of darkness. First of all, it is safer. And the darkness allows him to highlight what he wants to show Yes, to keep the city and the few surviving inhabitants from prying eyes of the outside world, which was completely destroyed by his army."

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Mykhaylo Podolyak, an adviser to the Ukrainian presidential palace, also criticized Putin's visit to Malipo today.

Podoliaco tweeted: "Criminals always return to the scene of their crimes... Murderers of thousands of families in Malipo come to admire the city's ruins and graves. Cynical and unrepentant." 1120320