The Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoiguhas made an official visit to the Ukrainian city of Mariupol (southeast) to analyze the infrastructure reconstruction works in the areas of the region of the donbas which are occupied by Russian troops.
He Ministry of Defence Russian has indicated in a statement published on its website that Shoigu “has inspected the layout of the facilities already contracted, including a medical center, a rescue center of the Ministry of Emergency Situations and a new micro-district consisting of twelve five-story residential buildings.”
In addition, the minister “has verified the progress in the works in the facilities under construction”, among which there is a residential area, a school and a kindergarten, after which he received a report on the construction of a pipeline from the Don River to “provide water to many settlements in the region.”
Shoigu moved east of Ukraine to review the troops deployed in the framework of the invasion unleashed at the end of February 2022. The Russian Defense Minister publicly visited the Ukrainian front for the last time in mid-January. The President of Russia, Vladimir Putin, He has not yet traveled to a war zone.