This handout photograph taken and released by the Russian presidential press office in Sevastopol on March 18, 2023, shows Russian President Vladimir Putin (L), flanked by Sevastopol Governor Mikhail Razvozhayev (C), listening to Metropolitan Tikhon Shevkunov (R), chairman of the Patriarchal Council for Culture, as he visits the Chersonesos Taurica historical and archeological park on the 9th anniversary of the referendum on the state status of Crimea and Sevastopol and its reunification with Russia. (Photo by HANDOUT / Russian Presidential Press Office / AFP) / RESTRICTED TO EDITORIAL USE - MANDATORY CREDIT "AFP PHOTO / HANDOUT / RUSSIAN PRESIDENTIAL PRESS OFFICE " - NO MARKETING NO ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNS - DISTRIBUTED AS A SERVICE TO CLIENTS - RESTRICTED TO EDITORIAL USE - MANDATORY CREDIT "AFP PHOTO / HANDOUT / RUSSIAN PRESIDENTIAL PRESS OFFICE " - NO MARKETING NO ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNS - DISTRIBUTED AS A SERVICE TO CLIENTS / Editor's note : this image is distributed by Russian state owned agency Sputnik
Presa de stat din Rusia anunţă că preşedintele Vladimir Putin a vizitat oraşul ucrainean Mariupol, devastat de război, care a fost ocupat de trupele ruse în mai 2022. Potrivit agenţiei de pres TASS, Putin a vorbit cu localnicii, după ce s-a deplasat până acolo cu elicopterul. Dacă se va confirma, aceasta va fi prima vizită a lui Vladimir Putin în teritoriile ucrainene recent ocupate, după ce a ordonat invadarea Ucrainei, în urmă cu mai bine de un an. Sâmbătă, Putin a fost în vizită în Crimeea./mbrotacel/ctuluc