Ambassador to Ireland reveals parents will not leave Ukraine

Larysa Gerasko, Ukrainian ambassador to Ireland: 'I am very worried about my parents, but they have refused to leave and come and live with me.'
Picture: Colin Keegan/ Collins Dublin

The Ukrainian Ambassador to Ireland has been told by her mother she is prepared to die in the war-torn country.

Russian troops are advancing on the area where they live but despite pleas by Larysa Gerasko, her 74-year-old mother is refusing to leave.