By France 24
President Vladimir Putin has made a surprise trip to war-ravaged Mariupol, the Kremlin said Sunday, in what marks his first trip to the Russian-occupied territories of Ukraine’s Donbas region since the start of the war. Ukraine promptly slammed the visit, describing the Russian leader as “the murderer of thousands of Mariupol families”. The trip came after Putin visited Crimea on Saturday to mark the ninth anniversary of Russia’s annexation of the peninsula. Follow our live blog for the latest developments of the war in Ukraine. All times are Paris time (GMT+1).
5:09pm: Three civilians killed in Russian shelling of Zaporizhzhia region
Three civilians were killed and two wounded in Russian shelling of a residential building in the southern Ukrainian region of Zaporizhzhia on Sunday, regional officials said.
The region’s military administration said Russian troops fired grad rockets at the small village of Kamyanske, which had a pre-war population of some 2,600 people.
The authorities warned residents in the region that the danger of shelling was constant near the front lines and urged them to evacuate.
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