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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 didn't happen because hesitation started among soldiers. we belarusians applied to soldiers, "where are you going? ar...

It's easy to overlook one other key element of vladimir putin's greater russia strategy — moscow's ever tighter grip on ukraine's northern neighbour belarus, now used as a launchpad for the ukraine assault. 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?

And in the popular protests that followed, you had to flee with your children, and i believe you're now spending most of your time in lithuania, but you're 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, i'm 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. ...

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 didn't win. every day, he knows that he is not recognised by his people. he's 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 world could do in response to the crimes that lukashenko and his cronies did.

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, i'm 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 example, have been imposed only ten months after the crackdown of peaceful people in belarus. but i...