with president lukashenko. this will be a work visit but the trip is raising concerns about belorussian joining the fight in neighboring ukraine. meanwhile, freed russian arms dealer viktor bout was in ukraine over the weekend visiting luhansk. bout, exchanged in a prison swap with wnba star brittney griner, attended an opening event for the luhansk branch liberal party of russia. what do you expect to come out of this meeting in minsk? this is significant. putin and lukashenko, head of belarus, have met a lot of time, a lot of photo opportunities in various parts of russia since the beginning of this war, but this is the first time that president putin traveled to belarus in more than three years. every trip he takes overseas should be closely watched. but belarus is a very close ally of russia. they have been very supportive of this war as russia becoming increasingly isolated. some of the original invasion
Freed Russian arms dealer Viktor Bout said on Saturday he “wholeheartedly” supports Moscow’s so-called “military operation” in Ukraine and that if he had the opportunity and necessary skills, he would “certainly go as a volunteer.”