Belarusian chief Alexander Lukashenko has appeared in public with a bandaged hand ending weeks of hypothesis over the dictator's well being. Lukashenko was pictured out and about on Monday visiting the nation's air defence forces.

Lukashenko, 68, had not been seen in public since final Tuesday when he attended Victory Day ceremonies in Moscow and later in Minsk.

He skipped a ceremony commemorating the annual Day of State Emblems that was held in Minsk on Sunday.

At the ceremony, Roman Golovchenko, the prime minister of Belarus, learn a message instead of the president.

Lukashenko appeared in poor health and had a bandage on his proper hand whereas he was current on the parade in Moscow final week.

He missed a few of the ceremonies honouring Russia's Second World War overcome Nazi Germany.

While different leaders from CIS nations walked with Russia's President Vladimir Putin to the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier, Lukashenko left Red Square in a buggy for the wreath-laying ceremony.

On returning to Minsk, Lukashenko took half in one other wreath-laying ceremony, however he didn't give a Victory Day deal with for the primary time in his lengthy presidency.

Lukashenko's workplace has not offered any feedback on these occasions.

Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya, the exiled chief of the Belarusian opposition, responded to the studies on Lukashenko's in poor health well being by stressing that each one potentialities must be thought of by the Belarusian individuals.

Writing on Twitter, Tsikhanouskaya mentioned the Belarusian "must be nicely ready for any state of affairs... To flip Belarus on the trail to democracy and to stop Russia from interfering".

She added: "We need the international community to be proactive and fast."

Meanwhile, amid the speculations, Russia has declined to offer any remark.

Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya, the exiled chief of the Belarusian opposition, responded to the studies on Mr. Lukashenko's well being by stating that each one potentialities must be thought of by the Belarusian individuals. She exhorted the populace to work to impose democracy in Belarus and thwart Russian interference. Ms. Tsikhanouskaya additional emphasised the need of immediate and proactive motion on the a part of the worldwide group.

The Kremlin spokesperson, Dmitry Peskov, said that it's higher to depend on official statements from the Belarusian authorities for steerage on the matter.

However Konstantin Zatulin, the Committee of CIS nations' first deputy within the Russian state Duma, reportedly advised Sky News that Mr Lukashenko was in poor health.

He mentioned: The proven fact that he was sick was apparent even throughout the parade in Moscow,

"I know that he is ill but I am not authorised to distribute his diagnosis."