“I remember telling Zakhar that because of the shelling we had to leave Ukraine for another safe country. He agreed, but asked that this country be as far away from Russia as possible. Ireland is really far away. And I knew that the Irish do not have imperial ambitions, and the history of the struggle for independence of Ireland and Ukraine is very similar, so we will understand each other. In my opinion, a country is first of all people, and only then territories. My son is Ukrainian, if I save his life and raise him as a conscious Ukrainian, then we are Ukraine, it is always with us, as an idea.”
~ Larysa