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

Photo of John LahartJohn Lahart (Dublin South West, Fianna Fail)
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Ms Gerasko can rest assured that more and more of her ambassadorial colleagues who represent countries in central and eastern Europe - it is not just the Scandinavian countries - who come here to meet informally with me or with some of the Chairs of the other committees or who come before this committee raise the issue of the heightened tension and levels of anxiety they feel because the reach of Russia is being extended further. While she may not be engaging directly with us, she can rest assured that there are others who are giving us the same messages.