Putin's First Visit to Occupied Mariupol Amid ICC Warrant

Russian President Vladimir Putin made a surprise visit to Mariupol, the port city captured by Moscow after a long siege last spring, triggering an angry reaction from Ukraine. It was Putin's first trip to the eastern Donbas region since he launched the invasion in February 2022. The visit comes ahead of a trip to Moscow this week by Chinese President Xi Jinping, widely seen as a diplomatic coup for Putin. The weekend visits came after the International Criminal Court issued an arrest warrant for Putin over Russia's alleged deportation of thousands of Ukrainian children during the conflict.