“Ukrainians and Russians were not, and never were ‘brother nations’.
"We do have a common history. But it wasn’t a Ukrainian choice. It was a colonial policy of Russia that banned the Ukrainian language and culture so many times. It killed Ukrainian intellectuals and killed millions of Ukrainians by artificial hunger.
"We are standing for our freedom now. It’s Ukrainian independence that is at stake."
- Anatoli Prymakov, who is Ukrainian and has been living in Ireland for the last 15 years.
The quote about is an extract from The Irish Times on Saturday. The piece was about the response from Ukrainians living in Ireland to Ms Sabina Higgins's letter on the need for peace talks.
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