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Exactly, i was going to raise that very point. i mean, you say lukashenko is paying his price to putin for the support putin gives him, but lukashenko has not, as far as we understand it and despite some claims from ukraine, he has not actually sent belarusian troops across the border to fight inside ukraine. i wonder why you think he has not done that? er, maybe, you know, according to our information, belarusian troops had to enter ukrainian territory maybe a week ago, but it didnt happen beca...

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 fate of belarus now tied to the fate of ukraine?

And in the popular protests that followed, you had to flee with your children, and i believe youre now spending most of your time in lithuania, but youre travelling the world trying to tell your message to the international community about lukashenko. how would you say you have succeeded in terms of rallying the international community against lukashenko�*s continued rule of your country? you know, im sure that belarus united a lot of countries, united parties, united people, because for this ...

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 that he is not recognised by his people. hes not recognised by international society. by democratic leaders. and so i want to ask the same question, why are political prisoners still in prisons? there is strong actions the democratic worl...

To tell your message to the international community about lukashenko. how would you say you have succeeded in terms of rallying the international community against lukashenko�*s continued rule of your country? you know, im sure that belarus united a lot of countries, united parties, united people, because for this year and a half of our fight, we saw such unity of actions against lukashenko�*s regime. of course, much more could be done. of course, we understand that the first sanctions, for ...

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 its the reason why our troops hadnt still crossed the border into ukraine. exactly, i was going to raise that very point. i mean, you say lukashenko is paying his price to putin for the support putin gives him, but lukashenko has not, as far as we understand it and despite some claims from ukraine, he has not actually sent b...

Happen because hesitation we belarusians applied to soldiers, "where are you going? are you going to fight against our sisters and brothers?" we have a lot of relatives in ukraine. the belarusian people, when they were fleeing 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 ...

Do you have any evidence? the fact that our troops are still not on the territory of ukraine is the proof that people — our army doesnt want to fight. but that may be a strategic decision made by lu kashenko himself. he may have said to putin, "ill help you, but im not going to go that far." maybe, but he didnt... he didnt give this criminal order because of the pressure of people, because of the pressure in the army. but i underline once again that if he doesnt have any choice at all, maybe h...

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 lu kashenko�*s military. do you have any evidence? the fact that our troops are still not on the territory of ukraine is the proof that people — our army doesnt want to fight. but that may be a strategic decision made by lukashenko himself. he may have said to putin, "ill help you, but im not going to go that far." ...

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, with our soldiers, not to fulfil these orders. but if they are made to do this, so to defect, to go on the side of ukrainian troops, to fight for ukrainian people. what evidence, specific evidence do you have that there is disco...