‘Train harder, fight harder’: talking to Ukraine MP Kira Rudyk

Politics Weekly UK

The Guardian

News, Politics

4.0 • 1.4K Ratings

🗓️ 17 March 2022

⏱️ 37 minutes

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The Ukrainian MP Kira Rudyk, in Kyiv, tells Guardian political columnist John Harris how she and her fellow MPs are running the country despite escalating Russian aggression. John is then joined by the Guardian’s defence and security editor, Dan Sabbagh, and Clive Lewis, the Labour MP for Norwich South, to discuss Nato and the Russian nuclear threat. Help support our independent journalism at theguardian.com/politicspod

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0:25.4	As the war in Ukraine grinds on,
0:27.2	the Ukrainian President Vladimir Zelensky
0:29.8	has now conceded it seems at least that the country will not become a member of NATO.
0:34.8	We have heard for years that the doors were open,
0:37.0	but we also heard that we could not join.
0:39.0	Peace talks are continuing between Ukraine and Russia,
0:42.0	but here the foreign secretary Liz Truss doesn't sound hopeful.
0:46.2	I am very, very concerned that Putin is playing a smoker mirrors game
0:51.4	of trying to claim that he is seeking peace whilst at the same time
0:56.2	continuing with this appalling war.
0:59.8	Meanwhile, the longer this war goes on,
1:02.0	the greater it seems the risk of Vladimir Putin escalating things even further.
1:07.6	Earlier this week, the UN Chief Antonio Guterres
1:10.6	made this pretty terrifying statement.
1:12.8	The prospect of nuclear conflict once and thinkable
1:16.8	is not back within the realm of possibility.
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