Putin claims Ukrainian counteroffensive 'failed': Russian agencies
The longtime leaders met for the first time since Lukashenko helped end a mutiny by Russian Wagner mercenaries in Russia last month, in the biggest threat to Putin's more than two-decade rule.
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Russia's President Vladimir Putin (C) and Belarus' President Alexander Lukashenko (C-L) meet with Governor of Saint Petersburg Alexander Beglov (L) during a visit to Kronstadt, on Kotlin Island. (AFP)
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MOSCOW - Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Sunday that Kyiv's counteroffensive had "failed", as he began two-day talks with his Belarus counterpart and closest ally