Vladimir Putin has paid a surprise visit to the war-torn city of Mariupol, Russian state media has reported.
Slammed by the city's mayor as a "war criminal returning to the scene of the crime", the trip is President Putin's first to Russian-occupied territories in Ukraine's Donbass region, since Moscow's invasion began last year.
Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said that the Russian president arrived in Mariupol late on Saturday, after visiting Crimea.
Only two-days-ago, an arrest warrant was issued for him by the International Criminal Court (ICC) in connection to war crimes in Ukraine.
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