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my guest is ukrainian mp kira rudik. can ukraine win a long war? kira rudik in kyiv, welcome.hank you so much for having me. a pleasure to have you. i would like you to reflect on president zelensky�*s message here in europe. do you think the focus from the ukrainian government is more on the gratitude for what european partners have already delivered or more on the urgency to give more now? i think it is 50—50. what we learned over this last year is that you have to create alliances, you have to keep it and you keep the alliances with gratitude but also we want the world to keep supporting us. the war did not start a year ago. it started in 2014 and what was the most painful is after a year, it became a new normal. a new normal for everyone and we still had to fight our fight. so right now we don't want to repeat the story. we want to keep the war on the agenda and get enough weapons so that we can actually win the war. because the russian strategy is to drag everyone into this long fight with the hope that the allies will not sustain it. that at some point everybody will mov

i'm joined now by ukrainian mp and leader of the golos political party, kira rudik. of this anniversary, it's a poignant day for ukraine in many ways as you remember all those who have suffered so much or given their lives for your country. what's your assessment at the moment of the political challenge the country faces, both in holding morale up inside and ensuring support outside of ukraine? thanks so much for having me. despite the fact that it was indeed the toughest, most painful year in my nation's life, we still have it in ourselves to fight further. we are still united inside, and we know that there is no other way for us, there's no alternative for us. because we've seen what russians do to people in the occupied territories. and it is very important to understand that we are fighting because it's a matter of life and death for us. we do not have any other alternative. so this is why it's critical to do two things — the first is to win the war by pushing russia away from her territories, but the second is to ensure that russia will not attack again. and the

ukrainian mp kira rudik joins us once more. thank you very much indeed for your time.was about to visit you ? hello. was about to visit you? hello. thank you so much having me. no absolute no indication. and one can only imagine what the security teams were going through to make sure that president was able to get to ukraine and spend his time here safely . we know that russia was safely. we know that russia was warned , but also we know that warned, but also we know that sometimes has no limits and does not think clearly . this sometimes has no limits and does not think clearly. this is why we are really happy that the visit happened without, you know, any significant obstacles andindeed know, any significant obstacles and indeed it was thrilling and super exciting news for all the ukrainian people. yeah, i gather he made a ten hour train journey from poland and came across the border that way instead of actually flying directly into ukraine. the sensitive nature . ukraine. the sensitive nature. but are you surprised that the americans warned the kremlin that he would

that's kira rudik.ing me now to talk about russia , political about russia, political commentator and russian expert daniel tani. and got about daniel tani. and we've got about a minute you need to be a minute you so you need to be brief here. at briefed on brief here. at being briefed on this. how has the war actually affected russian people ? well, affected russian people? well, yeah, of course. i mean , i'll yeah, of course. i mean, i'll always be brief for you, but you say it goes well. the how is being viewed in russia is well two ways, really. this is being viewed as something of war on the culture, war as vladimir putin said in his address a few days ago, just on the anniversary of the first year since the invasion. vladimir putin said that these western ideals, these attacks on the institution of the family and its attacks on russian russian values, russian culture and history cannot the borders it being seen very much as the is nato's dismantle russia dismantling the soviet union as it were and