Francis Noel Duffy (Dublin South West, Green Party) | Oireachtas source

I suppose my curiosity is raised by the fact Slovakia is independent. Has Ukraine been fighting for independence since the wall fell? What I saw over the past decade was that there was a struggle there. There was unrest, although it was quite silent. I have sometimes talked to my friends about this. There was not much noise about the Ukrainian struggle a decade ago but now it is where it is at. I am interested in the Slovak perspective. Have the Ukrainians faced a similar struggle for independence since the wall fell? Has Russia been trying to pull them in?