A Russian woman living in Clare fears her home country’s President will do whatever it takes to win in the conflict with Ukraine.
It comes as the US President has said there are clear signs that Russia is considering the use of chemical weapons.
The US President says there’s a danger Russia may resort to more severe tactics, like chemical weapons, in Ukraine.
Joe Biden says Vladimir Putin has his “back against the wall” due to the strong resistance from Ukrainian forces.
Ukraine’s President has suggested his nation commits not to join Nato, meanwhile, but only if Russia pulls back its troops and agrees to a ceasefire.
A Russian woman living in Ennis says both the conflict and sanctions are already having a major impact on ordinary people in her home country.
Tatiana Timofeeva says certain good are in extremely short supply, leading to people fightin on the streets outside shops, while prices for other goods have skyrocketed.
Asked if chemical warfare is inevitable, Tatiana says she believes Putin is capable of anything, just to win.
Ukraine’s Deputy Prime Minister has made a new appeal to Russia to allow humanitarian supplies into the besieged city of Mariupol and to let civilians leave.
It’s believed 300-thousand people are without water there.
The Black Sea port is seen as strategically important, along with another southern coastal city of Odessa – where Iriana’s home has already been destroyed.
Meanwhile, the state’s humanitarian response was top of the agenda at a meeting of the Cabinet at Dublin Castle this morning.
10 thousand people have arrived in the country so far, with almost 1,000 of those being accommodated in West and North Clare, and the government is expecting overall numbers to double in the coming weeks.
Over 22,000 applications from the public to house refugees here have been received by the Red Cross.
Foreign Affairs Minister Simon Coveney says the State will do all it can to help.
