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Asserting his control, subjugating ukraine, it is going to be a disaster for your attempts to remove lukashenko. you know, it's 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 will spend 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 we're 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.

Welcome to newsday, reporting live from singapore, i'm mariko 0i. the headlines: ukrainian officials say a theatre in mariupol that was being used as shelter for civilians has been destroyed. russia denies attacking it. president biden brands vladimir putin a war criminal — as the us pledges a further $800 million of military support for ukraine. russia counts its dead in the war, but vladimir putin insists the invasion is going to plan. also in the programme: freed after six years. nazanin

Regime, but not real actions. only after hijacking of ryanair flight, strong sanctions have been imposed, but even they left so many loopholes in those sanctions that lukashenko could easily avoid them. after a hybrid attack with the help of migrants that lukashenko did in august, he didn't pay at all for this crime. you know, no powerful sanctions. nothing happened. of course he feels impunity. of course he understands that he can do everything. people are repressed in belarus. people are scared because every moment kgb people can enter your flat and kidnap your father, brother, orwhoever and...

But the difference is that lukashenko became a collaborant with the kremlin, and ukrainians didn't. obviously, it is very difficult to get real hard information from inside the belarusian military, it's very hard also to get information about what specifically is happening just over the border from belarus in northern ukraine. but what we hear right now are very disturbing reports that the power has been cut off to the chernobyl nuclear power plant just across the border from belarus inside ukraine. you know that area very well because you're from the part of belarus that neighbours chernobyl....

Belarus's authoritarian president lukashenko seems to be in putin's 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? svetla na tikhanovskaya, welcome to hardtalk. hello. it's nice to have you in our studio. tell me, what are your feelings as you see your country, belarus, being used