putin's address to the nation and a four day-old interview where he talks about his working day and how he deals with the uprising in ukraine. some residents shared their thoughts. >> translator: it was unexpected and somehow incomprehensible and stressful, of course. very stressful. >> translator: there are very serious problems in the country, and they need to be solved. people who can no longer tolerate it, they resort to such radical methods as prigozhin. >> translator: how can one, a situation where we are in a conflict in another country have an internal war as well?" >> belarusian president alexandr lukashenko has been one of vladimir putin's close allies. but their relationship and lukashenko's dependency on russia goes back a long way. cnn's nic robertson has details.