Putin sees even closer ties with Belarus

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A woman talks with Russian soldiers in the Ukrainian city of Mariupol on Tuesday. ALEXANDER NEMENOV/AFP
Russia will "calmly" continue its special military operation in Ukraine, and Moscow and Minsk should strengthen integration in a situation where the West has unleashed a total sanctions war, said Russian President Vladimir Putin on Tuesday.
Putin made the remarks after meeting with his Belarusian counterpart Alexander Lukashenko in the Far East region. The two presidents also visited the Vostochny Cosmodrome spaceport in the Amur Region.