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As a launchpad for vladimir putins invasion of ukraine? you know, on february 2a, we woke up in new reality, and we understood that lukashenko gave our land as the aircraft carrier for putins troops to invade ukraine. we were shocked. nobody believed that the war could start because we remember the pain of world war ii, and we didnt want something like this, will repeat in our lands. but illegitimate lukashenko has to pay for support he got from the kremlin after the fraudulent election in 2020....

The pain of world war ii, and we didnt want something like this to repeat in our lands. but illegitimate lukashenko has to pay for the support he got from the kremlin after the fraudulent election in 2020. and now hes paying with our sovereignty, with our lands. and, you know, i really feel maybe shame, you know? hes doing it, and we belarusians feeling this shame that we became aggressive towards our brother, ukraine. you talk about shame, but i guess in practical terms there is nothing that an...

Normal life. we dont want our pensioners to live in poverty. this is what we want, our economy to develop — and how it will be fulfilled, thats the question. and this question, people have to answer. isnt the truth that as you sit here with me in london — youre about to go see the foreign secretary, political avenues you are pursuing across the western world — isnt the truth that your fate now and the fate of belarus really hangs with the fate of ukraine? if putin succeeds in asserting his...

To vladimir putin using belarus to invade ukraine, you run the risk of putin turning his forces and his anger on belarus. you know what putin is capable of, are you prepared to run that risk with the security of your own country? look, our country is de facto under partial military occupation, and lukashenko is not responsible for his decisions any more. he has to consult with kremlin about his future actions, so we belarusians have to take responsibility for the independence of our country. and...

To go on the side of ukrainian troops, to fight for the ukrainian people. what evidence, specific evidence do you have that there is discontent and deep unhappiness in the belarusian military at what they are doing, cooperating with the russians? you say that you have contacts with mothers of soldiers, things like that. but the outside world would like to see some real proof, some real evidence if indeed there are now divisions emerging within lukashenko�*s military. do you have any evidence? ...

Organisations are fighting on the side of ukrainian people against this war. and in belarus, we still continue in ourfight, mostly underground. its like partisan war, but every day we create multiple points of pressure inside belarus to show lukashenko that he lost his legitimacy, he lost respect of belarusian people, and it also influences the situation. now he lost even support from the army, from soldiers, because belarusian people, belarusian soldiers, dont want to fight against ukraine. and...

Protests in the summer of 2020, that feeling that lukashenko�*s grip on power may be weakened, he is still there. there are, according to the uns latest human rights report on belarus, roughly 1,000 political prisoners still being held, including your own husband. and your movement basically has gone completely underground. the street protests are almost wiped out. most of your key leaders are either in exile or in prison. lukashenko seems to have won. lukashenko didnt win. every day, he knows...

For the whole region, for the whole europe, and, you know, we have to do everything possible to stop this. i understand that, you know, for the kremlin, this war, peoples lives dont mean anything. but for us — for belarusians, for ukrainians, for the democratic world — it means a lot, and wejust have to do everything possible, you know, to stop this. its awful. you have not been able to live inside your own country since that fateful election in the summer of 2020, when you claim and you ins...

Welcome to hardtalk, im stephen sackur. with the world focused on russias invasion of ukraine, its easy to overlook one other key element of vladimir putins greater russia strategy — moscows ever tighter grip on ukraines northern neighbour belarus, now used as a launchpad for the ukraine assault. belaruss authoritarian president lukashenko seems to be in putins pocket, whether he likes it or not. my guest is exiled leader of the anti—lukashenko movement, svetla na ti kha novs kaya. is the fa...

From repressions, they went massively to ukraine, as well. and we... i want to be clear, are you saying that some belarusian forces did cross the border with russian forces, but then they came back again? they refused to fight? we dont have evidence that belarusian troops crossed the border at all. so our soldiers denied to do this. maybe this criminal order wasnt given, but who knows? under pressure of kremlin, lukashenko could make this order. and our task now is to communicate with our army, ...