Russian President Vladimir Putin arrived in Minsk on Monday for talks with his Belarusian counterpart Alexander Lukashenko, who allowed Moscow to use Belarus as a staging ground for its offensive in Ukraine.
Footage broadcast by Russian state television showed Putin disembarking a plane at a freezing and snow-blanketed airport in Minsk and being warmly greeted by his close ally Lukashenko ahead of bilateral talks.
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