Ukraine Russia Conflict: Putin to meet his partner Belarusian President today

Amid the Russia Ukraine war, Russia’s President Vladimir Putin is scheduled to meet Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko today to discuss the situation in Ukraine and western sanctions. 

In the war, Russia and Belarusian have sent thousands of troops to Ukraine. However, Lukashenko has said that Belarus must be involved in negotiations to resolve the conflict in Ukraine, adding that Belarus had been unfairly labelled “an accomplice of the aggressor”.

Russia launched a war on Ukraine on February 24. However, according to the latest updates, Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky voiced concerns that Russian forces could use chemical weapons in Ukraine but did not confirm whether they had been used in his daily video address late on Monday. Earlier on Monday evening, Ukrainian authorities claimed Russia dropped a drone carrying a toxic substance on the south-eastern city of Mariupol. However, more than 10,000 civilians have died in Mariupol, the city’s mayor has said. Meanwhile, Ukrainian authorities are warning people not to go near what they say are landmines being dropped on Kharkiv.