Vladimir Putin has made a surprise visit to Mariupol, the Ukrainian city all but destroyed by his invading army last year, in an apparent show of defiance after the International Criminal Court issued an arrest warrant accusing the Russian president of war crimes. State television showed Putin arriving at the port city by helicopter in the early hours of Sunday. Kremlin spokesman, Dmitry Peskov, claimed the entire trip to Mariupol had been planned “spontaneously” and said Putin had driven around the frontline city without a full motorcade escort, according to state newswire RIA Novosti.
弗拉基米尔•普京(Vladimir Putin)出人意料地访问了乌克兰城市马里乌波尔(Mariupol),该市去年近乎被入侵的俄罗斯军队摧毁。在国际刑事法院(International Criminal Court)对俄罗斯总统发出逮捕令、指控他犯有战争罪后,此举显然意在展现不屑的态度。