This was announced by the press secretary of the President of Russia Dmitry Peskov.
"He listened to reports on the areas that pass there daily, and then spoke separately with Gerasimov for a long time in a separate office," Peskov said.
Putin and Gerasimov gave an assessment of the situation during the special operation.
Peskov noted that in the headquarters of the special operation, work is carried out around the clock.
Peskov also said that Putin's trip to the command post of the SVO in Rostov-on-Don was not prepared in advance.
On March 19, Putin made a working trip to Mariupol.
As part of the trip to Mariupol, he talked with local residents and inspected one of the apartments in the new building.
He inspected the restored building of the Priazovsky State Technical University.