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Russian President Vladimir Putin paid a surprise overnight visit to the military headquarters in Rostov-on-Don overseeing the Ukraine offensive, the Kremlin said on Friday.
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It is his second visit to Rostov-on-Don in under a month.
Putin “visited the headquarters of the Russian Armed Forces in Rostov-on-Don, after completing his official visit to Kazakhstan” on Thursday, the Kremlin said in a statement.
He was accompanied by Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu and the commander of military operations in Ukraine, Valery Gerasimov, it said.
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Putin was shown new military equipment and briefed on military operations in Ukraine, the statement added.
Putin was last in Rostov-on-Don at the end of October where he held talks with military officials on what the Kremlin terms the special military operation in Ukraine.
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