Putin’s operator said that the president himself chose the travel route during a trip to Mariupol

October 3, 2025

Putin’s operator: on a trip to Mariupol, the president himself chose the route

The head of the Russian state, Vladimir Putin, during his trip to Mariupol independently chose the route of the movement and drove where he wanted. This was stated in an interview with journalist Pavel Zarubin by a cameraman who accompanied the president.

“He crossed the real Mariupol – where he wanted,” the employee said.

He also noted that Putin had seen a stele dedicated to the Great Patriotic War and turned around without warning to stop nearby.

Responding to the question whether such a move by itself is safe, the trader replied that “there is some risk”. According to him, the president was driving an ordinary car, along with Deputy Prime Minister Marat Khusnullin and four other people.

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The Russia Desk leads The Eastern Herald's coverage of Russia, the war in Ukraine, NATO's eastern flank, and the post-Soviet space. The desk has reported continuously on the Russia-Ukraine conflict since its full-scale expansion in February 2022 and verifies through Kremlin statements, NATO briefings, and named primary sources, corroborating with Reuters, the BBC, and the Kyiv Independent.

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