Putin's visit to Minsk wanted to disguise: 3 aircraft for conspiracy were raised in the sky - the media

It is reported that on December 19, Vladimir Putin flew from St. Petersburg to the Minsk Il-96-300PU with the RA-96022 registration number. However, according to journalists, for conspiracy at 14:30 from the Moscow Airport "Vnoukova" was raised IL-96-300PU with the registration number RA-96020. Flight Number - RSD1/RSD001. In addition, in the morning, two Russian presidential sides were overtaken to St. Petersburg: RA-96022 and RA-96014. After Putin's take-off RA-96014, they also lifted the sky.

On December 19, the Kremlin speaker Dmitry Peskov said that during the negotiations of Putin and Lukashenko, it would be possible to discuss military issues "given the turbulence". He also stated that the President of Russia did not intend to force Belarus to participate in the war against Ukraine.

On December 16, they stated that during the negotiations, Putin and Lukashenko will discuss import substitutions, cooperation in the energy sphere, and pay attention to security in the region and the world. However, Lieutenant General Sergey Naev, the Commissioner of the Joint Forces of the Armed Forces, believes that the goal of Vladimir Putin is to attract Belarusian Armed Forces to invade Ukraine.

Oleksandr Lukashenko stated that strengthening of Russian-Belarusian relations was a natural response to a changing position in the world. According to him, the priority of Belarus is the solution of sensitive economic issues. He also said that security and defense issues have recently been the main issue. For his part, Vladimir Putin stated that Belarus is an ally of the Russian Federation "in the direct sense of the word.