Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya

Our goal is to change the situation in Belarus so that the country becomes truly democratic and independent.

He told us it wasn't successful.

As I understood it, the video just didn't make any money.

We are grateful to President Trump personally and Special Envoy John Cole and everyone who took on the humanitarian track of releasing political prisoners.

These are our people and the fact that the US is working on their release is a shared achievement.

The fact that people are being released is the result of joint efforts, U.S.

diplomacy and European sanctions pressure.

Without strong European Union pressure, the regime would have no motivation to release anyone.

So that's why our goal is to release people, first of all, but also to return home together and to change the situation in Belarus so that there are no more political prisoners, no repressions, and our country becomes truly democratic and independent.

All the people who went through prison cells, they are very much traumatized.

Of course, they're strong people.

All those people who were in the streets in Belarus and fight with the dictator or were supporting Ukraine, they will manage to recover sooner or later.

But of course, all those memories they experienced in jails, they will stay with people forever.

But we will need time to see if some psychological assistance will be needed.

They know that people want Lukashenko to step away, people want free and fair elections in Belarus.

Of course, he wants normalisation, if I may say so, of situation in the country, this or

why they're bragging about this communication with the USA.

But of course, there cannot be normalisation with the Belarusian regime until all political prisoners are released and repressions stop.