Leo Varadkar (Dublin West, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

I would like to visit Ukraine. I have never had the opportunity to visit that country and would very much like to do so. I am connected to it now in a way I never was in the past given that someone from Ukraine has been living with me since May 2022. I have come to learn a lot about the country and its culture and would love a chance to visit at some point. I would particularly like to be able to visit a country that is at peace. If the opportunity arises, I will travel to Ukraine to show our support and re-emphasise our solidarity but no dates have been agreed or discussed at this stage.

President Zelenskyy make me aware of his ten-point peace plan which I have looked at since we spoke. It is very good but realistically I do not think it is something that Russia would ever agree to. Ukraine will have to regain more, if not all, of its territory before the prospect of a cease-fire or peace arises. The way we can achieve peace is for Russia to withdraw from the territories it has occupied. That is not something the Deputy should be blasé about.

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