A Ryanair flight traveling from Athens to the Lithuanian capital Vilnius was intercepted and forced to land in Minsk as it overflew Belarus on Sunday. Ahead of closed-door talks between the two strongmen leaders in Sochi on Friday, Lukashenko told Putin while gesturing to a briefcase that he brought documents to show Russia "what is going on" regarding the incident. Russian President Vladimir Putin meets with his Belarusian counterpart Alexander Lukashenko in Sochi, Russia, on Friday May 28. During the meeting between the two strongmen, Lukashenko told Putin, "You know, there are always those who want to throw problems at us." "The West has moved from (organizing) revolts to strangling the country," Lukashenko told the Belarusian parliament.

Source: CNN May 28, 2021 21:22 UTC