Putin and Lukashenko discussed Wagner, economic cooperation, external threats

Russian President Vladimir Putin and his Belarusian counterpart Alexander Lukashenko discussed the Wagner mercenary group, economic cooperation and
external threats during two days of talks, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said on Tuesday.
Lukashenko, who helped broker a deal to end a mutiny against the army’s top brass by the Wagner group last month, flew to St Petersburg on Sunday to start the talks with Putin.
The two men have met regularly, as well as talking by phone, since Lukashenko allowed Belarus to be used as a staging post for Russia’s armed forces when they launched what Moscow calls its “special military operation” against Ukraine in February 2022.