days after the international criminal court issued an arrest warrant for him accusing him of war crimes. he made a stop in mariupol. ukrainian officials slamming the visit saying putin visits mariupol under the cover of night. cnn senior international correspondent ivan joining us live. what else did putin do while there? reporter: right. well, the kremlin says he arrived by helicopter. then he was shown in a pretty long unedited video driving a car, being briefed by a top kremlin aid. driving into the outskirts of mariupol. the aid was describing the situation and acknowledging that much of the city had been destroyed. that there were ruins of buildings being demolished and much of the city was also empty because ukrainians has fled. putin was shown meeting a couple of people who were living in what were described as newly constructed apartment buildings. those people thanked putin for their new homes saying they had had nothing before that. and we ve been hearing some pre
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was happening it defied me. all i wanted was what was best for my child at that time. reporter: and you saw those mothers travel all the way into occupied crimea with emotional unions with their children. they managed to get most of them back, but, many still remain, jake, in captivity, the arrest warrant will put the pressure onto russia, the russians say they have no jurisdiction over the president. the international criminal court does not hold trials in absentia, that means putin would have to be arrested before standing trial there, what does that mean for putin? what it means is that he is hemmed into russia, should the president of russia travel now to countries which are party to the international criminal court treaty, now, that does not include the united states, he would be expected to be arrested by that country. but, the track record on this is not great. previous heads of state, like omar al masider of sudan traveled. the russian authorities and the kremli
single phone call with ukraine. ukraine s presidential adviser says negotiations about a potential conversation are ongoing. as xi heads to russia, the ability of china to help resolve the conflict hangs in the balance. salina wang, cnn beijing. let s bring in former nato supreme ally commander general wesley clark. general, before i ask you about the china president s visit, it s hard to erase the image we saw of putin in mariupol driving the vehicle, going through buildings as if it s nothing. really as if he s the savior. how do you interpret what he s doing there? and why? the signal he s trying to send? reporter: it may be something for russia domestic politics, fredrica. we see it as a taunt. this is putin s way of saying