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seen here driving around the ukrainian city of mariupol, despite facing an arrest warrant from the international criminal court. we ll have details, plus a look at where things stand to understand the efforts to charge war crimes against him. here in the u.s., the manhattan d.a. is responding to trump calling for protests in the case he s arrested. and the successionist movement inside of america. why a chunk of one state wants to redraw the map and get absorbed by its neighbor. announcer: live from cnn center, this is cnn newsroom with kim brunhuber. we begin with russian president vladimir putin making his first visit to occupied ukraine since the war began. look, this is video of him driving through the city of mariupol, which russia occupied last year. the city suffered heavy damage and fighting and became the symbol of ukraine s resistance to moscow s aggression. the kremlin says putin also stopped in their neighborhood and spoke to residents. they say he ....
The deputy prime minister also noted that they expect to have a performance at the drama theater as soon as april. so very much touting their reconstruction efforts here. of course, they ve been doing this kind of normalization with crimea since 2014. so i think that s the message they re trying to get across, but of course, ukraine is making it very clear that any kind of negotiation with russia will have to involve the return of these territories, something that russia is clearly taking off the table. thanks so much. clair sebastian in london. appreciate it. for more on this, i m joined in kyiv by international human rights lawyer, wayne jordash. thanks so much for being here with us. i want to start by getting your reaction to what we were just talking about. the day after the icc issues an arrest warrant for putin, putin shows up in mariupol, a site of many alleged war crimes by russia. yes, i mean, obviously, as your previous speaker just said, it s some kind of act of ....
The kremlin says putin also stopped in their neighborhood and spoke to residents. they say he was invited into one of their homes. early on saturday, putin flew to crimea to mark the ninth anniversary since russia announced the annexation of the ukrainian peninsula. the move was made after russia sent in troops and staged a hasty referendum in 2014. ukraine says crimea has been suffering under kremlin rule. kyiv also said it s only a matter of time before all of its occupied lands are liberated. cnn s clare sebastian joins us from london with more. what message is putin trying to send here? kim, these visits were unannounced and come just a day, of course, after an arrest warrant was issued by the international criminal court against vladimir putin, himself. obviously with crimea, it was designed to coincide with the anniversary of that annexation, the ninth anniversary. but visiting mariupol, which we believe is the first time he s visited russian-occupied territories in ukraine sin ....
Low-risk one, it should be noted given that this is russian-occupied territory. still, thumbing his nose, potentially, at that arrest warrant. in terms of the russian people and how this is being presented to them, look, he s seen behind the car there driving from the airport in mariupol towards mariupol. we believe the last time we saw him behind the wheel of a car was driving a truck across the kirsch bridge to crimea that was blown up in the autumn, and partially rebuilt by russia. it s designed to project control that he s in charge. i think there s also an element of normalizing these territories as part of russia. he s there with the deputy prime minister, discussing reconstruction of apartment buildings. they even visit the philharmonic, which is not far from that drama theater that was bombed by russia almost a year ago to the day in what is believed to be the biggest, perhaps, mass casualty event of this war, that you see him sitting in the philharmonic. ....