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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 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 t...

You know, hes a strong person and hes a fighter. but we have a lot of stories when people have cut their veins, when people go for hunger strike because they cant endure conditions they are in. and, you know, a week ago, after war started, we had massive rally on the streets of belarus. about 100,000 people went to show, you know, the attitude to this war, and about 800 people have been detained for one day. and one of the things they were protesting about was the most recent referendum that luk...

To remove lukashenko. you know, its a pity to admit, but, yes, the fate of ukraine and fate of belarus are deeply interconnected. and on the outcome of this war depends how long my husband willspend injail, how long thousands of people will spend injail. and our task now is to support, to help ukrainian people as much as we can, and we really believe were doing our best to be on the side of light. svetla na tikhanovskaya, i thank you very much indeed forjoining me on hardtalk. thank you.

He has to consult with kremlin about his future actions, so we belarusians have to take responsibility for the independence of our country. and when we talk about invasion of ukraine, i have to say that belarus was first for invasion. but the difference is that lukashenko became a collaborant with the kremlin, and ukrainians didnt. obviously, it is very difficult to get real hard information from inside the belarusian military, its very hard also to get information about what specifically is hap...

Environments. it is very clear and has been for days now, that the russian tactic is to break the back of the ukrainian people, not just its military. . >> all right. sam kiley in the central city of dnipro, the site of one of russias latest attacks. sam, thank you. we will come back to you throughout the show. brianna. thanks, alex. russian president vladimir putin meeting with the president of belarus, lukashenko. it has been a base for russian troops and planes and perhaps in other ways. na...

Hes still angry at the west for being made to be a taxi driver whilst he was kgb agent when the berlin wall fell. he doesnt see the future for russia looking west. he wants to pivot it to the east. to do that, he needs to convince his own people, and the best way to do that is to go to war, knowing the sanctions themselves will then hopefully persuade the russian people, "look, the west dont like us." its backfired. those sanctions themselves will see the end of putin, but as i say, then its a r...

On the enterprises going for small strikes, you know, to stop the enterprise, you know, that helps the military troops of russia. but if you go down this track of sabotage, of doing everything you can to halt and create obstacles 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 part...

To the fate of ukraine? svetla na tikhanovskaya, welcome to hardtalk. hello. its nice to have you in our studio. tell me, what are your feelings as you see your country, belarus, being used as a launchpad for vladimir putins invasion of ukraine? you know, on 2a february, we woke up in a new reality, and we understood that lukashenko gave our land as the aircraft carrier for putins troops to invade

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 when we talk about invasion of ukraine, i have to say that belarus was first for invasion. but the difference is that lukashenko became a collaborant with the kremlin, and ukrainians didnt. obviously, it is v...

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 control, subjugating ukraine, it is going to be a disaster for your attempts to remove lukashenko. you know, its a pity to admit, but, yes...