Ukrainian ambassador told State will try not to house refugees in warehouses 

The day after Volodymyr Zelenskyy's address to the Oireachtas, ambassador Larysa Gerasko paid a visit to Cork civic leaders

Ukraine's ambassador to Ireland, Larysa Gerasko, with Lord Mayor of Cork Colm Kelleher, front, and Derry Canty, the chairman of Cork City Council's International Relations Committee, and council CEO Ann Doherty. Picture: Larry Cummins

The Ukrainian Ambassador to Ireland has been told that the State is doing everything possible to avoid housing war refugees in warehouses here.

It comes as the UN General Assembly suspended Russia from its Human Rights Council over allegations of horrific rights violations by Russian soldiers in Ukraine.