Defiant Putin visits Mariupol in first trip to occupied eastern Ukraine

Russian President Putin made a visit to the city of Mariupol in his first trip to Ukrainian territory that Moscow illegally annexed in September.

. Much of the strategic city still lies in ruins after relentless bombardment.

But by then the city had become a worldwide symbol of defiance after small group of outgunned Ukrainian fighters held out for 83 days in the sprawling Azovstal steelworks in the east of the city, in one of the war’s longest and bloodiest battles. The fighters dogged defense tied down Russian forces and held up their eastern offensive.

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