Cormac Devlin (Dún Laoghaire, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

I thank the Tánaiste for that reply. As he will be aware, last night, Russian shelling hit the Ukrainian city of Pokrovsk and at least three civilians were reportedly injured. Russia is ramping up its attacks in the eastern Donetsk region. A Ukrainian military spokesperson said that Russia has doubled its artillery fire and air strikes and has also intensified ground infantry attacks. It has also been reported that Russia is likely to have begun more cluster bombing in the Donetsk region, the bombs ejecting 100 to 350 smaller bombs on a wider area. I know that the Tánaiste is on record as saying that now more than ever, it is vital that the EU provides a strong signal of EU unity in our continued commitment to Ukraine. We remain of the view that eventual EU membership is the ultimate security guarantee which can be provided to Ukraine. Is the Tánaiste confident that the other EU countries subscribe to that view and is there any indication that the new Slovak Government might undermine that situation?

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