'There can be no deal for Ukraine without Ukraine'

As world leaders grandstand with their own agendas on the war in Ukraine, it can become easy to forget the impact it has on everyday people

Journalist and communications specialist Liudmyla Bortok who fled Russia's war on Ukraine and is now living in Cork. Picture: Chani Anderson

“We were all kind of holding our breath,” Ukrainian Liudmyla Bortok said from her new home in Cork following the US-Russia talks about a ‘peace deal’ for her country this week. 

But she was happy “at least” that nothing substantive emerged from the talks between US and Russian officials who met around a partially gilded table in Saudi Arabia on Tuesday.