Russian president Vladimir Putin and Belarusian president Alexander Lukashenko held talks on Friday – Google Search google.com/search?q=Russian+… pravda.com.ua/eng/news/2026/…
Background:
The visit came a day after Lukashenko said he had met representatives of Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy in Belarus.
On 19 June, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy issued an ultimatum to Belarusian leader Alexander Lukashenko, demanding that Belarus remove within a week the relay transmitters used to help guide Russian drones targeting Ukrainian cities, or Ukraine would do so itself.
On 24 June, Ukraine’s Border Guard Service reported a decline in the number of Russian attack drones entering Ukrainian airspace via Chernihiv Oblast and said there had been no mass flights of Shahed drones along the Belarus-Ukraine border in recent days.
Zelenskyy later said the relay transmitters that had been assisting Russian drones had ceased operating in Belarus on 22 June.
Background:
The visit came a day after Lukashenko said he had met representatives of Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy in Belarus.
On 19 June, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy issued an ultimatum to Belarusian leader Alexander Lukashenko, demanding that Belarus remove within a week the relay transmitters used to help guide Russian drones targeting Ukrainian cities, or Ukraine would do so itself.
On 24 June, Ukraine’s Border Guard Service reported a decline in the number of Russian attack drones entering Ukrainian airspace via Chernihiv Oblast and said there had been no mass flights of Shahed drones along the Belarus-Ukraine border in recent days.
Zelenskyy later said the relay transmitters that had been assisting Russian drones had ceased operating in Belarus on 22 June.