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Parts of Russian President Vladimir Putin’s visit to the Russian-occupied city of Mariupol in eastern Ukraine were “spontaneous,” Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov told journalists during a call Sunday.

Footage released by Russian authorities showed Putin visiting Mariupol and meeting seemingly surprised residents.

According to Peskov, Putin spoke to local residents of an apartment complex and decided to visit one of the apartments, per the invitation of one of the residents.

“Initially, the president only had planned to visit the residential complex. Putin’s exchange with residents and visiting an apartment were not planned. It was absolutely spontaneous,” Peskov claimed.

Peskov said the trip happened overnight. It is not clear exactly when it took place, although on Saturday Putin visited Crimea to mark the ninth anniversary of its annexation.

“There was a very compact group of cars with the president. In one of them, he himself was a driver. And the cars drove around Mariupol — and the president drove around the city, looked at everything — completely adhering to all the traffic rules,” Peskov said.
Peskov added that Putin’s trip to a military headquarters in the southern Russian city of Rostov-on-Don was also not planned. The president attended one of the military report sessions there, the spokesperson said.

The Russian president's overnight visit to Mariupol marks his first trip to Ukraine’s eastern Donbas region since the start of Russia’s invasion.

Some key context: Putin and the Kremlin are known for creating carefully choreographed outings designed, in part, to showcase the president's strength.

Ukrainian officials have slammed the visit as a cynical ploy and akin to a criminal returning to the crime scene "under the cover of night," using darkness to hide signs that Mariupol was subject to some of the war's worst atrocities.

News of the trip comes shortly after the International Criminal Court issued arrest warrants for Putin and Russian official Maria Lvova-Belova, stemming from an alleged scheme to deport Ukrainian children to Russia.

 https://www.cnn.com/europ .. -23/index.html

Letting his nuts hang

That Footsteps in the dark muhfuka

Went to check the trap

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good pr move by putes by i highly doubt mariupol looks "great" that place got fu*king rocked and russians don't got that kind of money to rebuild an area that got shelled that hard that fast.

He doesn't have a driver?

why does he sit so close to the steering wheel?

servesurite said why does he sit so close to the steering wheel?

Because he's a midget. He's on a booster seat too.

Lol Putin pulling a 69

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nuke button getting pressed soon

philly337 said He doesn't have a driver?

point is to show he's the one behind the wheel (vs Biden who def needs a driver), dispel any "sick Vlad" rumors, and also relate him to the common man (like he doesn't also own 10+ mansions around the country).

In that regard, he was successful. Would have been funnier if he had the stereo blasting music

Voodoopocalypse said nuke button getting pressed soon

nahhhh

compared to how we were supporting the afghanis when russia invaded, ukraine is nothing

No ones pulling the trigger. This whole thing is literally a rerun of Vietnam, Afghanistan...even Iraq in a way

We've seen this show before and people are too busy making money. To say "nukes flying soon" implies that Russia / USA leaders are inhuman enough to want to live the rest of their lives underground in concrete bunkers...which I'd say they most likely don't, since they own mansions, yachts, etc

Skrr said nahhhh compared to how we were supporting the afghanis when russia invaded, ukraine is nothing No ones pulling the trigger. This whole thing is literally a rerun of Vietnam, Afghanistan...even Iraq in a way We've seen this show before and people are too busy making money. To say "nukes flying soon" implies that Russia / USA leaders are inhuman enough to want to live the rest of their lives underground in concrete bunkers...which I'd say they most likely don't, since they own mansions, yachts, etc

if you think putin pompous a*s going to jail you are sadly mistaken. He been thought he was a god 30 years ago

d.c. supreme said good pr move by putes by i highly doubt mariupol looks "great" that place got fu*king rocked and russians don't got that kind of money to rebuild an area that got shelled that hard that fast.

How do you know how hard it got shelled?

Please explain

Voodoopocalypse said if you think putin pompous a*s going to jail you are sadly mistaken. He been thought he was a god 30 years ago

who said anything about jail? lol I didn't even mention jail in my post

CamburyBXGreat said How do you know how hard it got shelled? Please explain

it got shelled hard

Source: met Ukrainian refugees who fled from there

Skrr said who said anything about jail? lol I didn't even mention jail in my post

talm bout current events doggy

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Voodoopocalypse said talm bout current events doggy view image

lol yes

he's not getting arrested...he's the leader of a sovereign country

Head Coach said Lol Putin pulling a 69 view image

accidentally slapped meant to hit that retard below you

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Vlad was bison the whole time.

I ain't hear no Isley Bros... you made me click on that dumb a*s video.. that's a slap incoming..

CamburyBXGreat said How do you know how hard it got shelled? Please explain

there was drone footage of the damage, vids from telegram/twitter etc. russia would of taken on too many casualties if they attempted to take the city in urban warfare with an entrenched foe so they decided on a siege. shelled the hell out of it to get the ukrainians to finally surrender or retreat out of their entrenched positions and it eventually worked but it means the city took a lot of damage in the process. think fallujah in iraq for the americans. only difference is americans weren't going to migrate and live in fallujah so i'm sure the russians have poured a lot of money and resources into rebuilding mariupol because they want their citizens to migrate there and live there so i'm sure they've made progress but i don't know about "it looks great!"

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just being fooled by the media as usual

servesurite said why does he sit so close to the steering wheel?

If he is tall it is because you don't get proper support under your thigh, and it aggravates your sciatic nerve, so driving for a while you have to rotate between stretching your legs out and kind of crunching it up so the seat supports your thighs

I am like 6 5