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Now playing Next Belarus New U.S. sanctions for Belarus officials over crackdown on dissidents The U.S. State Department said it was acting in support of figures like sprinter Krystsina Tsimanouskaya, who is now in Poland after avoiding repatriation over Belarus criticism at the 2021 Olympics. 04/02/2022
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Now playing Next Ukraine 'Don't panic', Ukraine's Zelenskyy tells West on Russia invasion fears The Ukrainian president told foreign media the "biggest risk" for his country was "internal destabilisation" rather than the prospect of a full Russian invasion. 28/01/2022
Now playing Next Belarus Belarus will fight alongside Russia in event of war, says Lukashenko Belarus' leader also said that in the event of a conflict with Ukraine: "Everyone will lose." 28/01/2022
Now playing Next Ukraine 'Stakes couldn't be higher' over Ukraine, US tells UN Security Council The US and Russia squared off as the UN Security Council meets for the first time since Russia's buildup of troops on Ukraine's border. 27/01/2022
Now playing Next Ukraine Macron says cost to Russia will be 'very high' if it attacks Ukraine Speaking alongside Chancellor Scholz, the French president also said France and Germany were united in seeking to defuse the crisis. 25/01/2022