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Ukrainian MP Kira Rudik has been speaking to Sky News this lunchtime about the war in Russia.

She has urged the British government to free up billions of pounds in Russian assets, which were frozen by the UK in the wake of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.

“We have to stay united because it’s our only chance to survive, to stay as one, to fight as one, and to make sure that we are not alone in this fight,” she said.

“So, we are very grateful to all our allies. But… we need to switch from helping us fighting, to letting us win the war.”

Asked how the UK could further help, she said the government could release frozen Russian assets to support Ukraine’s war effort.

Billions of pounds in assets belonging to the Russian state, or Russian oligarchs, have been seized, in the UK, and across the world, since it launched its February 2022 invasion of Ukraine.

There has been an impasse about how the money should be used, however, with suggestion that it will be saved to help rebuild Ukraine and its economy at the end of the war.

“This process has been going on and on for two years and the decision has not been made,” she said.

“And we are calling not to use people’s money, taxpayer money to support our fight, but actually to make Putin to pay for what he’s broke and to use his funds.

“It’s about £50bn of state assets and oligarchs’ money that are being frozen in the United Kingdom right now.

“So though we are extremely grateful to our allies, to all the people from the United Kingdom for the support for ongoing standing with Ukraine, we need certain decisions to be made.

“And one of them is making sure this is Russian money is being used for the right cause, because we can spend them to buy ammunition, we can spend them to rebuild our country.”