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Belarus' President Alexander Lukashenko meets with foreign media at his residence, the Independence Palace, in the capital Minsk on July 6, 2023. Wagner chief Yevgeny Prigozhin is still in Russia, Belarus's president said on July 6, 2023, despite a deal with the Kremlin for him to move to Belarus following his failed insurrection last month. (Photo by Alexander NEMENOV / AFP)
Russian President Vladimir Putin warned on Friday that Moscow will use any means at its disposal to protect ally Belarus against possible attacks.
"As far as Belarus is concerned, it is part of the Union State, unleashing aggression against Belarus will mean aggression against the Russian Federation," he said at a meeting of the Kremlin's Security Council. "We will respond to this with all the means at our disposal."
