Russian President Vladimir Putin visited the territory of temporarily occupied Sevastopol on Thursday, the UNN writes, citing the federal agency TASS.
Upon his arrival, Putin reportedly laid flowers at a memorial in Sevastopol's Quarantine Bay. The ceremony was attended by the so-called "governor" of occupied Sevastopol Mikhail Razvozzhayev and Kremlin presidential envoy to the Southern Federal District Vladimir Ustinov, as well as representatives of "traditional confessions" and "national public associations" in Crimea.
According to the agency, the Russian frigate Admiral Makarov is anchored in Sevastopol.
It is reported that an aide to the Russian President, Chairman of the Russian Military Historical Society Vladimir Medinsky, is also illegally visiting Sevastopol.
Also during the event, the Russian president said that allegedly "Crimea and Sevastopol are now forever with Russia."
"Our country has regained its historical unity. This living, unbreakable connection is especially keenly felt, of course, here in Sevastopol, in Crimea. They are with Russia forever now," he said.
As it became known the day before, Putin had planned to take part in the events in Sevastopol on November 4 on the occasion of the Russian holiday of National Unity Day.
The Kremlin also reported that Putin "from Sevastopol will go to a meeting of the Supreme State Council of the Union State of Russia and Belarus via video conferencing.
