President Vladimir Putin has travelled to the Russian-occupied Ukrainian city of Mariupol.
The trip comes a day after he visited Crimea and marks the first time he has visited the occupied territory in Ukraine since the full-scale invasion of the country.Ukraine dismisses the Russian President’s visit as nothing more than “Putin propaganda”.
This comes after the International Criminal Court issued a warrant for the arrest of Mr Putin over allegations of war crimes in Ukraine.
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