Vladimir Putin has visited navy command posts in occupied areas of Ukraine, the Kremlin stated, an indication the Russian president retains his ambitions greater than a yr into his invasion of the nation.

Putin visited troops within the Kherson and Luhansk areas and heard reviews from subject commanders, the Kremlin stated on Tuesday, with out instantly offering any footage of the journey. 

If confirmed, the go to would mark Putin’s second journey to occupied Ukraine after he made a short cease in March in Mariupol, a south-eastern metropolis Russia basically razed to the bottom within the battle’s early days.

Putin gave the troops in Kherson area, the positioning of a humiliating Russian retreat from the provincial capital final November, an icon he stated was beforehand owned by a Tsarist defence minister, in line with state newswire Ria Novosti.