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>> yeah, at first it was a little surreal and i just kind of prioritized the safety of me and the 20 or so kids in the classroom, and i just started helping with pushing tables. but then once we stopped and sat down, then there was nothing else we could do besides like hold things to prepare to throw them. then it really set in and i really started getting scared. >> at some point i understand your teacher told all of the students to escape out a window of the classroom and run? >> yes. yes, he knew that one of the windows didn't have like a screen on it, just so that air flow could get in dur...

You're a sophomore. you have been through these trainings as well? >> yes, we have been -- i think we have been through these trainings since around seventh or eighth grade. and that's -- i didn't really comprehend what was going on, but once we started pushing, like, tables i kind of understood what was happening just because of our training. >> this is a dumb question, but i mean were you scared? oftentimes, you know, in a situation like this it doesn't feel real. >> yeah, at first it was a little surreal and i just kind of prioritized the safety of me and the 20 or so kids in the classroom,...

Which has kept him — put him in the headlines over the last year and a half. think back to august of last year, he was accused of rigging the presidential election, then he launched a brutal crackdown on his critics and opponents — tens of thousands of people were detained. then he was accused of air piracy — remember the case of the ryan air passengerjet, which he forced to land in minsk so he could arrest one of his critics. and now being accused of weaponising migrants. so we put in a request to interview him, didn't expect to get a yes, but he agreed. and then you went — tell us ab...

Of weaponising migrants, so we put in a request to interview him, we didn't expect to get a yes, but he agreed. and then you went — tell us about what it was like when you arrived to do the interview. well, we had to set up all the equipment, all the cameras, the lights the day before in the palace of independence. then we came back the next day and belarusian state television was there, it was quite a quiet atmosphere. we were told that mr lukashenko was on his way. he could have waltzed into the room, sat down, there wasn't much small talk. i said, you know, "my russian is not native, but ...

And now being accused of weaponising migrants, so we put in a request to interview him, we didn't expect to get a yes, but he agreed. and then you went. tell us about what it was like when you arrived to do the interview? we had to accept all the equipment, all the cameras, the lights the day before in the palace of independence, then we came back the next day. and belarusian state television was there. it was quite a quiet atmosphere. we were told that mr lukashenko was on his way, he could have waltzed into the room, sat down, there wasn't much small talk. i said, you know, "my russian is no...