{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/8becc71b-c3c4-477e-89aa-eb815c343eb9/62daee2500f3e30012e2b8dc?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"What Ukraine needs now from the West, with Lesia Vasylenko.","thumbnail_width":200,"thumbnail_height":200,"thumbnail_url":"https://open-images.acast.com/shows/61b9f7a11a8cbe4dd53cefde/1642097461837-7e9fcedf87d1e386dc0a752d7ef6b7c1.jpeg?height=200","description":"<p>As the war in Ukraine enters its sixth month, Ukrainian MP Lesia Vasylenko speaks to Megan Gibson about what support Ukraine needs to win against Russia.</p><p><br></p><p>She explains how parliament keeps functioning in a war, the way the country is uniting behind President Volodymyr Zelensky and why the West needs to keep up the supply of weapons to help Ukraine beat back the Russian forces.</p><p><br></p><p>Further reading:</p><p><br></p><p><a href=\"https://www.newstatesman.com/world/europe/ukraine/2022/07/russia-is-bluffing-about-its-success-in-the-war-but-so-is-ukraine\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Russia is bluffing</a>&nbsp;about its success in the war – but so is Ukraine</p><p>Why the&nbsp;<a href=\"https://www.newstatesman.com/world/europe/ukraine/2022/07/ukraine-war-why-russian-military-should-be-worried\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Russian military</a>&nbsp;should be very worried</p><p><a href=\"https://www.newstatesman.com/world/europe/ukraine/2022/07/which-countries-bordering-russia-invade-next-putin\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Which countries</a>&nbsp;could Putin try to ‘protect’ next?</p><p>Who’s&nbsp;<a href=\"https://www.newstatesman.com/world/europe/ukraine/2022/07/who-arming-ukraine\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">arming Ukraine</a>?</p><p><br></p>","author_name":"The New Statesman"}