Putin makes surprise trip to Mariupol, first to occupied Donbas in Ukraine

© Reuters. FILE PHOTO: Russia’s President Vladimir Putin holds talks with China’s President Xi Jinping via a video link from Moscow, Russia, December 30, 2022. Sputnik/Mikhail Kuravlev/Kremlin via REUTERS

By Lidia Kelly

(Reuters) – President Vladimir Putin made a surprise visit to Mariupol, Russian state media reported on Sunday, in what would be the Kremlin leader’s first trip to the Russian-occupied territories of Ukraine’s Donbas region since the start of the war.…

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