Russian leader Vladimir Putin has met with his ally from Belarus Alexander Lukashenko and held security and economic talks amid growing fears of an attack on Nato.
This comes after the director of CIA took a urgent ‘warning’ flight to Moscow today.
It is believed that the two presidents discussed their ‘common problem’ of Ukraine.
The crunch talks came after weeks of concerns about a possible attack on Nato by the Kremlin which is thought may have prompted CIA boss John Ratcliffe’s sudden flight to Moscow this week.
It was reported last month that Putin was plotting an armed incursion into Poland in a bid to scare the western alliance into dropping its fervent support for Ukraine, some four years on from Russia’s illegal invasion.
Yesterday Lukashenko and Russian Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin met in Moscow, with the Belarusian president promising to discuss the conflict, Turkish media reported.
‘Looking ahead, today we’ll also discuss our common problem, which we’re facing in southern Belarus and western Russia. It’s a real problem, but we’ll solve it, no matter how much some people might want it,’ he said.
Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk warned that the next six months will be decisive due to advancing Russian escalation.
