Late Friday early Saturday morning the Russian Army launched a major attack on the Ukrainian city of Kharkiv.
On Friday morning I chatted to a 15-year old girl from Kharkiv. She and her mother boarded a Local Link bus near the West Kerry village of Castlegregory. They were travelling to Tralee to do some shopping. The young girl told me she is in Ireland three years and is now attending school in Tralee.
Some few hours later bombs rained down on her home town. What must it be like for her and her family? No doubt she has family and friends in the city.
The resilience of human beings is extraordinary; there she was, able to smile and converse with me. She was even able to tell me she criticises her mother for her poor English. We both laughed.
She is fond f Ireland but for the rain and of course, she misses her home place. But she said Ireland has been good to her and her fmaily.
Kharkiv is no stranger to wars, violence and occupation. In World War II it changed hands many times between the Russians and the Germans.
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