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hello and welcome to bbc news. state media in russia is reporting that president putin has visited mariupol the ukrainian city which was captured by invading russian forces last year. the tass news agency says he travelled there by helicopter, and visited local residents. if confirmed, it would be mr putin s first trip to the ukrainian territory which has been occupied by russia since the invasion was launched just over a year ago. we ve received these pictures, which we understand to be mr putin in mariupol on saturday evening. he s shown driving around in a car, and also visiting what appears to be a child ren s playground. possibly one that has been renovated, there appears to be work still going on. it looks like some kind of tractor is one of the children s rides that is perhaps being opened. the visit came at the end of a week when the russian president was charged by the international criminal court with forcible abductions of ukrainian children. and on saturday, mr ....
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