Ireland pledges another €125m to Ukraine – what will it be spent on?
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Our support for Ukraine is as strong as it has ever been and will continue to be for as long as it takes. Ireland will always stand by Ukraine and we will continue to push for a just and lasting peace for the people of Ukraine.
Taoiseach Michal Martin put boots on the ground in Ukraine this week, travelling to Kyiv for a quick tête-à-tête with President Volodymyr Zelensky. The Taoiseach was there to lend support, to the tune of a further 125 million euros no less, and boy does the Ukrainian president seem to need a helping hand right now.
It's a lot of money and I'm sure people will point to issues at home that they feel should be resolved. But, you know, Ireland's a very charitable nation. We support countries all over the world and we stand in solidarity with so many countries.
As the war with Russia rumbles into a fifth year, Zelensky is facing new battles on the home front as political rivals and vocal protesters wield their own weapons.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has sacked his country's commander-in-chief. It comes after days of widespread protests resulting from another dismissal.
Is the leader once hailed as the spirit of Ukraine gradually losing his grip on power? The fact is, a year ago, Zelensky was trying to close down the operations of the anti-corruption agencies and people came out on the streets and said, no, he had to back away. The anti-corruption agencies are stronger now than ever before and they're going for people at the top. And so these street protests have come out again because they don't like the way in which he was making decisions in relation to direction of the war itself. I'm Fionnuala Shane, and today on the IndoDaily, I'm joined by Irish independent senior journalist Sean Pollock to give us a picture of the political, military and everyday life in Kiev.
Sean Pollock, you're coming to us from the Irish embassy in Kiev. The Taoiseach and, of course, President of the European Council, Micheál Martin, made a kind of a whistle-stop surprise visit to Ukraine. What's the purpose of the trip?
He did indeed, yeah. So he met with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky for a bilateral meeting, as well as Ukraine's new Prime Minister, Serhii Koretsky, as well as a meeting with Ruslan Stefanchuk, who is the Ukrainian Parliament's Speaker. to really kind of assert Ireland's support for Ukraine, as well as Europe's support. No doubt this is all timed around the announcement around sanctions and the 21st package finally getting over the line after some consternation there. He has kind of repeated the message that Ireland fully supports Ukraine.
For our presidency of the European Union, we are working to match unity with strength. We do this by offering unflinching support to the government and people of Ukraine, by providing supports that give Ukraine the means to defend itself, by deterring Russia with sanctions and other measures, and by advancing Ukraine's membership of the European Union. We do so as Ireland, and we do so as Europe. Thank you. Slava, Ukraine.
Just to explain, I mean, you're in the very safe confines now of the Irish Embassy. How did you get there? How do you get to Kiev from Dublin?
With great difficulty, actually.
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