Fears Belarus will be drawn into Ukraine war as Putin meets Lukashenko

Belarusian leader stresses country's independence as Russian president makes first visit since 2019 Russia-Ukraine war: latest updates Vladimir Putin has travelled to Belarus to meet the Belarusian leader, Alexander Lukashenko, as fears grow in Kyiv that Moscow is pushing its closest ally to join a new ground offensive against Ukraine. In the run-up to the meeting, which will be Putin's first visit to Belarus since 2019, Lukashenko said the two leaders would discuss the "military-political situa...