Ukraine MP Lesia Vasylenko on Russia’s war, the global south and ‘stopping’ Putin

Lesia Vasylenko, Ukraine member of parliament for the Holos (Voice or Vote) party, speaks to FT journalist Leyla Boulton at FT Live's Women at the Top Europe conference.

The mother of three talks about Russia's war on her country, the role of women (2:49) and (21:18); persuading the global south to support Ukraine (6:02), what it will take to stop President Vladimir Putin including his threats to use nuclear weapons (8:26); and finally, her ambitions for a postwar Ukraine (12:28). She receives a standing ovation (28:47) from the audience in London, having appeared on the line from a meeting in Kigali of the Inter-Parliamentary Union, grouping 178 parliaments from around the world.

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