A Clare academic fears more “grinding warfare” is to come in Ukraine until Russia is forced to agree to a ceasefire.
The Ukrainian President has addressed the European Parliament claiming Vladamir Putin “has not achieved his goals” in his full-scale invasion, which was launched four years ago today.
On this day in 2022, Vladamir Putin explained the reasoning behind Russia’s simultaneous grounds and air attack that had been launched on Ukraine.
The invasion was the biggest offensive against a European country as well as the first full-scale war in Europe since World War Two.
Since then, 15,000 Ukrainian civilians have been killed with hundreds of thousands of soldiers killed or injured on both sides.
Addressing the European Parliament today, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy says despite the suffering caused by the incursion, Putin has failed to do what he set out to.
The European Union had intended to deliver a 20th package of sanctions against Russia this week, but this effort has been hampered by Hungary, which has expressed opposition to any further attempt to punish Putin’s administration.
Viktor Orban’s Government has also vetoed a €90 billion loan from the EU to Ukraine to sustain its economy for the next two years.
Newmarket-on-Fergus native and Professor of Politics at Dublin City University, Donnacha Ó Beachain, believes the war will rage on until Russia is pressured into a ceasefire.
New data has revealed meanwhile that 4,962 Ukrainian Beneficiaries of Temporary Protection are in Clare as of February 3rd.
When it comes to those with recent activity in administrative data such as a welfare payment data however, this number falls to 3,016.
Mariya Nikishanova, who’s originally from Irpin in Ukraine and now lives in Ennis, says many people are moving to different counties because of accommodation shortages in Clare.
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