“Any provocation, any internal conflict in military or political circles, in the information field or in civil society is a gift to the collective West,” the Belarusian foreign ministry said on Saturday, citing a statement by the country's Security Council.
Earlier in the day, Russian President Vladimir Putin spoke to his Belarusian counterpart, Alexander Lukashenko, in his first international phone call since the Wagner group launched an armed insurrection against Russia.
Putin briefed Lukashenko about the situation in Russia, Belarusian state media reported.
In a televised address, the Russian leader condemned the armed mutiny as a “stab in the back” of the country amid the war with Ukraine.
Wagner chief Yvegney Prigozhin declared on Friday that his 25,000-strong force were marching into the southern city of Rostov-on-Don, home to the Russian military’s headquarters in the region.
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