No one turned gray: Kremlin comments on Putin's trip to temporarily occupied Mariupol

This was stated by Russian Presidential Spokesman Dmitry Peskov on March 24, according to Russian media.

"The development and restoration of new territories, of course, is a topic that is under the president's control around the clock, so he decided to see everything personally on the spot," Peskov said.

Asked whether the Kremlin was worried about the Russian leader's safety, Peskov said that "no one turned gray."

• Russian state news agencies claim that Russian President Vladimir Putin made a "working visit" to the temporarily occupied Mariupol.

• The Ukrainian Defense Ministry, commenting on the trip, noted that Putin arrived in Mariupol at night to conceal the true state of the city.