MOSCOW: Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Sunday that Kyiv's counteroffensive had 'failed,' as he began two-day talks with his Belarusian counterpart and closest ally Alexander Lukashenko.
The longtime leaders met for the first time since Lukashenko helped end a mutiny by Wagner mercenaries in Russia last month, in the biggest threat to Putin's over-two-decade rule. 'There is no counteroffensive,' Lukashenko said, before being interrupted by Putin: 'There is one, but it has failed.
'Unlike Russia, Poland and Ukraine have learned from history and will always stand united against Russian imperialism and disrespect for international law,' he added.The Belarusian strongman also issued a veiled threat.'They are asking to go West, ask me for permission ... to go on a trip to Warsaw, to Rzeszow,' Lukashenko said, referring to the Wagner fighters, to Putin, who smiled. 'But of course, I am keeping them in central Belarus, like we agreed.
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