Alexander Lukashenko said he would not rule out recognizing Russian-occupied Abkhazia and Tskhinvali Region/South Ossetia as independent “as long as I understand and Putin tells me there is a need for it.”

Alexander Lukashenko said he would not rule out recognizing Russian-occupied Abkhazia and Tskhinvali Region/South Ossetia as independent “as long as I understand and Putin tells me there is a need for it.”