Belarusian President Lukashenko 'urgently taken to hospital' after meeting with Putin
Belarus President Alexander Lukashenko collapsed for a second time this month after a meeting with President Vladimir Putin and was hospitalised in Moscow on May 27. The information is published by the Ukrainian media citing sources from Minsk
Valery Tsepkalo, Belarusian opposition leader, said that after his meeting with Putin Lukashenko was taken to the Central Clinical Hospital of Moscow in critical condition.
"According to the information we have, which needs additional confirmation, Lukashenko, after meeting with Putin behind closed doors, was urgently taken to the Central Clinical Hospital of Moscow, where he is now located,” Tsepkalo, a prominent opposition figure and former presidential candidate, said on Telegram as cited by Ukrainska Pravda. “The best specialists were sent to return him from a condition assessed by doctors as critical. His blood was purified, Lukashenko's condition was proclaimed [and he is] not transportable.”
The Belarusian leader was in Moscow to attend the annual Eurasian Economic Union (EAEU) summit together with the leaders from Central Asia and Armenia.
