Peskov: Putin’s communication with the inhabitants of Mariupol was a spontaneous decision

Presidential spokesman Dmitry Peskov said that Vladimir Putin’s movements around Mariupol were spontaneous. Initially, the plan of the president’s visit did not include communication with local residents and visiting them, the spokesman added.

According to Mr. Peskov, the President planned to visit a residential complex in Mariupol. “Neither communication with citizens, nor a trip to visit were planned. It was absolutely spontaneous. Also, absolutely spontaneously, the president looked at the stele, the monument to the heroes of the Great Patriotic War, the park that overlooks the yacht club, ”the spokesman said (quote from Interfax).

Dmitry Peskov also said that Vladimir Putin himself moved around the city driving a car. “There was no cortege as such. There was a very compact group of cars,” the spokesman said. According to him, the president was driving around the city, fully observing the traffic rules, the movement of construction equipment and citizens was not blocked.

Earlier today, March 19, the Kremlin announced Vladimir Putin’s trip to Mariupol. According to the press service, the president arrived in the city by helicopter and traveled around several districts of Mariupol driving a car together with Deputy Prime Minister Marat Khusnullin.

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Erdni Kagaltynov