Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Tuesday, 14 October 2025

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade

Update on Current Situation in Ukraine: H.E. Larysa Gerasko, Ambassador of Ukraine to Ireland

2:00 am

H.E. Ms Larysa Gerasko:

I would ask them to put themselves in our shoes, even for a moment. We invite all politicians who do not support Ukraine or who have doubts that Ukraine should defend itself and Europe to visit Ukraine, to have this experience, to talk to ordinary Ukrainians and maybe to read more about the history of Russia, the history of Ukraine and the history of Russia's war against not only Ukraine but other countries, about their invasions, about Russia's war against Chechnya in Russia and about Russia's colonialism and imperialistic ambitions.