- Russian President Putin and Belarusian President Lukashenko played
hockey together Wednesday. - Putin scored seven goals in the game while Lukashenko scored two.
Russian President
Putin scored seven goals in the game, while Lukashenko scored two, according to Sky News.
They both played for the same team in the friendly match that was held in Strelna,
Famous Russian hockey players, including Pavel Bure, Alexei Kasatonov, Valery Kamensky, Ilya Kovalchuk, and Vyacheslav Fetisov, also played in the match, TASS reported.
Putin and Lukashenko also spoke together on state television as part of diplomatic talks on Wednesday, Yahoo News reported.
After the meeting, Putin announced Russia and
This isn't the first time Putin and Lukashenko have played hockey together — they also played a match in Sochi in early 2020.
Putin and Lukashenko's hockey game came one day before Putin had scheduled talks with Biden amid Russia's military buildup near the border of Ukraine.