"Vladimir Putin visited the Vostok National Guard staff in the Lugansk People's Republic, where he received reports from Col. Gen. Alexander Lapin and other senior officers on the situation in that area," according to the statement.
The predisent also visited staff of Russian troops in the Kherson region.
"Vladimir Putin at the staff of the Dnepr grouping of troops in the Kherson Region listened to reports from the commander of the Airborne Troops, Col. Gen. Mikhail Teplinsky, the commander of the Dnepr grouping of troops, Col. Gen. Oleg Makarevich and other military leaders," the Kremlin's statement reads.
Putin's visits to the staff of the Dnepr grouping of troops in the Kherson Region and to the Vostok National Guard staff in the Lugansk People's Republic were not prepared in advance, the Kremlin press service said.
This is the first visit by the Russian Federation's President to the Kherson region and the Lugansk People's Republic. The last time Putin visited the Russian Federation's new regions was on 19 March, when he arrived in Mariupol.
Putin also visited Rostov-on-Don, where he held a meeting and heard reports from military commanders at the headquarters of a special military operation.