Amanpour and Company

>> UKRAINIAN M.P. ALESSIA SAYS THAT AFTER A MONTH OF THIS, SHE, LIKE HER PRESIDENT AND COUNTRY FOLK, BELIEVE THE RUSSIANS WILL NEVER TAKE THIS CITY. THOUGH FIGHTING DOES CONTINUE IN THE SUBURBS. SHE WANTED TO MEET MERE WHERE UKRAINIANS STOOD UP FOR THEIR RIGHTS IN 2014 AND BROUGHT DOWN PUTIN'S WRATH AND HIS REVENGE, GIVEN HIS BATTLEFIELD SETBACKS I ASKED WHETHER HIS SHIFT IN DEMANDS MAKE A DIPLOMATIC COMPROMISE EASIER FOR UKRAINE TO ACCEPT. NOW THERE'S WORD, WE DON'T KNOW WHETHER IT'S GOING TO BEAR FRUIT, THAT THEY MIGHT ALLOW UKRAINE TO JOIN EU, AS LONG AS YOU RENOUNCE NATO. WOULD ACCEPT? >> ALL OF THIS STARTED 34 DAYS AGO BECAUSE ONE COUNTRY CANNOT DECLARE ITSELF MORE SOVEREIGN THAN ANOTHER COUNTRY AND RUSSIA TRIED TO DO JUST THAT. WE CANNOT GO FOR THAT COMPROMISE BECAUSE THAT COMPROMISE TO PUTIN WOULD ALSO MEAN A COMPROMISE OF THE GENERAL FRAMEWORK OF DEFENSE AND SECURITY OF THE WORLD GIVING INTO DICTATORS MEANS INSENTIVIZING THEM. >> UKRAINE'S DRAMATIC RESISTANCE SURPRISED THE WHOLE WORLD INCLUDING VLADIMIR PUTIN. >> THREE DAYS THEY GAVE US, RIGHT? PUTIN THOUGHT HE WOULD BE HERE FOR A MATTER OF HOURS. WE ARE DOING THIS FOR OUR VERY SURVIVAL. WHEN THE SURVIVAL INSTINCT KICKS IN, PEOPLE CAN DO AMAZING THINGS. PEOPLE BECOME SUPERHEROES. AND THIS IS WHAT YOU ARE WITNESSING IN UKRAINE. >> SHE'S ARMED WITH HER GUNS, THE AK-47 IS HOME TODAY, BUT SHE SHOWS ME HER PISTOL, HELD CLOSE TO HER HEART. >> ALESSIA, YOU SAID I'VE GOT MY MACHINE GUN AND YOU'VE TWEETED I'VE ALSO GOT MY MANICURES. YOUR RESISTANCE TAKES MANY, MANY FORMS AND YOU ARE ACTUALLY CARRYING YOUR PISTOL RIGHT NOW. >> I AM. I AM. I DO HAVE MY P.M. WITH ME, AND I CARRY IT WITH ME ALL OF THE TIME. >> AND DID YOU EVER IMAGINE IN YOUR LIFE THAT AS AN M.P. IN 2022 IN UKRAINE YOU'D BE FORCED TO CARRY A GUN AROUND? >> NO. NEVER. I'M VERY MUCH ANTI-GUN AND THIS GUN POSES A LOT OF PROBLEMS FOR ME. BECAUSE IN ORDER TO RECHARGE IT YOU HAVE TO DO THIS THING AND WITH THE NAILS AND I HAVE VERY NICE, BEAUTIFUL LONG NAILS AND IT WAS IMPOSSIBLE TO DO SO, AND THEY HAD TO ALL COME OFF. >> JUST SO PEOPLE ARE CLEAR, THE IDEA OF BEAUTY, SELF-MAINTENANCE, IS ALSO RESISTANCE. >> YES. ALL JOKES ASIDE, IT'S AN IMPORTANT ELEMENT FOR ALL WOMEN FIGHTING ALONGSIDE THE MEN FOLK HERE. THE WOMEN STILL WANT TO BE BEAUTIFUL. THEY STILL WANT TO HAVE DIGNITY AS WOMEN. >> AND TO BE HUMAN. >> AND TO BE HUMAN. >> PUTIN BASICALLY SAID UKRAINE DOESN'T EXIST AS A NATION. YOU DON'T EXIST AS A PEOPLE. >> WE SAY TO HIM, LIFE GOES ON. WE CARRY ON LIVING. YOUR WAR, YOUR FIGHTING AGAINST US IS IN THE BACKGROUND NOW AND WE'LL GO ON FIGHTING IT FOR AS LONG AS WE HAVE TO, BUT WE WILL GO ON LIVING AT THE SAME TIME.