Her Minister of Defense Russia Sergei Shoigu visited her MariupoliThis was announced today by the Russian Ministry of Defense with reference to this city in the east of the Donetsk region. Ukrainianwhich Russian troops captured last year after a months-long siege.

Shoigu left for the zone of the Russian operation in Ukraine to check the restoration work in the Donbass, the Russian Defense Ministry said in a statement today.

On Saturday, the Russian army announced an inspection by Shoigu at a “command post” on the front in eastern Ukraine as the battle to take Bakhmut is underway.

Visit the height of the fierce battles for Bahamut

“As part of his move to the zone of the special military operation, Shoigu inspected the already rebuilt territories, as well as new construction sites in Mariupol, the report says, which does not specify the date when the Russian defense minister visited the city.

In Mariupol, Shoigu mainly visited a first-aid post, a first-aid post and a new microdistrict of 12 houses, the report said, noting that he was also presented with a report on the construction of schools in the port city besieged for several months. before it came under the control of Russian forces last May.

According to the same source, Shoigu was also presented with a report on the construction of a major water pipeline that would connect the self-proclaimed Donetsk People’s Republic in eastern Ukraine with the Rostov region of Russia.

The visit comes amid fierce fighting for control of Bakhmut in the Donetsk region, a town of limited strategic importance but has taken on symbolic significance as the two camps have been fighting there for months.

At the end of December, Shoigu made two such visits to the “special operations” zone of Russian forces in Ukraine.

^{Source: APE-MEB, AFP, Reuters.}