The 68-year-old leader has not been seen in public since Tuesday. He did not attend a lunch hosted by Russian President Vladimir Putin.
Lukashenko looked "in bad shape" and had to be driven near the Kremlin in an electric car, a journalist said. In a central Minsk square, Prime Minister Roman Golovchenko congratulated Belarusians on behalf of Lukashenka. He was re-elected in 2020 after a presidential election deemed fraudulent that led tens of thousands of people into the streets.