An MP, she picked up the gun to defend Ukraine

"India should be supporting democratic states." This armed Ukrainian MP explains why she thinks India must stand with Ukraine and not Russia.

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00:00I also believe that India is the greatest and the biggest democracy in the world.

00:30I do understand all the geopolitical complexities of the situation. I do understand that there are

00:47other factors at play in determining India's position regarding this war. But I also believe

00:55that India as the greatest and the biggest democracy in the world should be supporting

01:02democratic states. We are within our right to defend ourselves and I believe that a democratic

01:09state as India does understand this. I believe that the people of India do understand what they

01:18are doing. I do get a lot of messages from Indians, actually. I'm getting messages on

01:25Facebook, on Instagram, everywhere. Everyone is saying that what Russia is doing is appalling.

01:30I don't know if that is representative of the whole of India, but I think that India

01:37being a democracy, it is pretty clear which side it should be taking.

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