Thomas Byrne (Meath East, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

-----and it has nothing to do with militarism. It is because we are democracies and concerned with freedom, human rights, economic progress and people doing well. Those are things which Russia does not want or care about for its citizens, but Ukraine does want them. We must have no illusions. Russia has been trying to undermine the EU probably in every member state at various times, and especially during the last 10 years.