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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 they're 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 country's nonnuclear status. what is going to be the impact of that on your country? >> constitution will be signed in one week, on march 15. we will see the consequences. and it's definitel...

Constitutional referendum. and the outcome could have a huge impact on nato's 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-election in a contest that critics say was rigged. the senior adviser to svetlana hanuskya, the opposi...

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 he's 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, he's 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. has now, to warrant belarus and lukashenko that, listen, if you join this war, you are just as culpa...

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 be approaching a stalemate. the official says belarus may soon also attack ukraine and could allow ...

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 don't 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 russian's deputy foreign minister, threatening to attack any western shipments of aid to ukraine, pumping up ukraine with weapons from a range of countries is something...