Ukrainian authorities in Mariupol, controlled by Russia since May 2022, today condemned the visit of Russian President Vladimir Putin

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Born on October 7, 1952 in Leningrad, now St. Petersburg. Prez in the port city and called him an "international criminal", reports BTA.

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"The international criminal Putin visited the occupied city of Mariupol" at night, "probably in order not to see in daylight the city killed by his "liberation", the city administration wrote in Telegram, hinting at the international arrest warrant issued against the head of state of Russia.

Putin visited Mariupol at night as a thief, the Ukrainian Defense Ministry added.

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"Like a thief, Putin visited the Ukrainian city of Mariupol, hiding behind the night. First, it is safer. Moreover, the night allows him to emphasize what he wants to show, and keeps the city, which his army completely destroyed, and its few surviving inhabitants, away from prying eyes," the ministry said on Twitter.

Putin flew to Mariupol by helicopter.

He then drove a car across several areas of the city, stopping at different places, talking to residents, and looking at different sites, the agency explains.

And Reuters adds that Putin drove the car himself.

"It was all very spontaneous," Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov later assured journalists.

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