Russian President Vladimir Putin and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy both appear to have visited troops in Ukraine on Tuesday.
The Kremlin said Putin visited military headquarters in Russian-occupied areas Ukraine. Putin was shown on Russian state television disembarking a military helicopter in Russian-held Ukraine and greeting senior military commanders. It was not stated when the visit took place.
The Kremlin said Putin attended a military command meeting in the Kherson region. The ministry of defence said he heard reports from commanders of the airborne forces and the “Dnieper” army group and other senior officers on the situation in Kherson and Zaporizhzhia regions, both of which Moscow has proclaimed part of Russia. The Russian president is also said to have visited national guard headquarters in Ukraine’s Luhansk region in the eastern Donbas, which Moscow also claims to have annexed along with adjacent Donetsk region.
Zelenskiy’s office said he visited Ukrainian troops on Tuesday in Avdiivka, Donetsk region. “I have the honour to be here today, to thank you for your service, for defending our land, Ukraine, our families,” Zelenskiy was quoted as saying.
