Moscow (EFE).- Russian President Vladimir Putin has visited the headquarters of a unit of troops fighting in the Ukrainian region of Jerson, annexed by Russia last September, where he took an interest in the situation in this southern province and in neighboring Zaporiyia, the Kremlin reported today.
“The Supreme Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation visited the headquarters of the “Dnieper” group in the direction of Kherson,” said the Russian Presidency in a brief statement published on its website about Putin’s first visit to the front. of this region in almost 14 months of military campaign in Ukraine.
According to the Kremlin, the Russian president heard reports from the commander of the Airborne Forces, Colonel General Mikhail Teplinsky, the commander of the “Dnepr” Forces Group, Colonel General Oleg Makarevich, and other military leaders.