Global Courant 2023-05-16 16:10:45
STORY: Lukashenko, who appeared with a bandage on his left hand, spoke in an unusually calm, hoarse voice about the appalling state of the forest and the road in a conversation with Defense Minister Viktor Khrenin before speaking about defense matters.
Before that, Lukashenko was last seen in public on May 9 at Victory Day events in both Moscow and the Belarusian capital Minsk. The fact that he had not appeared in public since then had led to reports, which were not officially confirmed, that he had been taken to a medical facility.
