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Ukraine, more than 200 people were either fined or sentenced or sent to forced labor. even nor comments on instagram. so it means that theyre not allowing any critical voices to appear. >> as we mentioned in the lead-in to this interview, while all this has been going on, lukashenko pushed changes to the constitution. one, to give himself more time in power, years more time in power. two, do away with the countrys nonnuclear status. what is going to be the impact of that on your country? >> cons...

Constitutional referendum. and the outcome could have a huge impact on natos strategic planning. as a result of that vote, belarus renounced its nonnuclear status. that means it could, of course, theoretically allow russia to place nuclear weapons back in belarus for the first time since the fall of the soviet union. belarusian president alexander lukashenko has been relying more and more on support from moscow ever since he faced weeks of protests, the demonstrations following his 2020 re-elect...

Point. i wonder what is this going to mean for belarus, is this potentially going to destabilize belarus? could there be backlash there? >> we call him or hes called often the last dictator in europe. i would say there are two dictators in europe now, vladimir putin and little vladimir putin and that is alexander lukashenko, hes physically much taller. this puts them now at the peril of getting sanctioned by the west, and the united states in particular. that is some of the leverage, the u.s. ha...

Russian forces hurling grenades at civilians yesterday while gunfire could be clearly heard. the first major ukrainian city to fall to russia earlier this month was kherson and has been contentious demonstrations to protest the occupation. president zelenskyy addressed the violence there with a message on social media yesterday saying quote we will never forget these shots. a senior nato official tells nbc news that belarus may try to help russia get the upper hand in ukraine as war appears to...

Like to see the same sorts of sanctions imposed on it that have been imposed on russia. so i think the belarusian leader will try to give vladimir putin the stiff arm on this one. but even with the belarusian troops in the mix, i dont think it will change the overall calculus of the war. >> yeah, it is worth noting that belarus changed its nonnuclear status just recently, though. let me get you to respond to what we heard from russians deputy foreign minister, threatening to attack any western s...

This phone? more concert tickets. and not just for my shows. switch to xfinity mobile for half the price of verizon. new and existing customers get amazing value with our everyday pricing. switch today. welcome back, im hala gorani live in lviv, ukraine. ukraines president says his country is ready to accept a neutral, nonnuclear status as part of a peace deal with russia. it comes as both sides are expected to meet this week for another round of negotiations in turkey. on the ground, though, ...

By the ukrainians to try to disrupt the russian forces and attack their supply lines to make it more difficult for the russians to resume any offensive down the track. and also to put pressure on the russians in any diplomatic negotiation towards the final settlement of the war. ukrainians are going to continue fighting. about you they probably dont have the strength at this point in time to decisively force the russians into a route where they withdraw across the ukrainian border >> that assaul...