OLENA Alekseenko (right) and Yelyzaveta Povstiana attending the vigil in solidarity with their native country Ukraine at Tuam Square recently. With a population of nearly 18,000, Dniprorudne is a town in the Vasylivka district centre of Zaporizhzhia. The invasion of Ukraine had begun on Thursday February 24 in the east and west with dozens of missile attacks. A 25-year-old former accountancy student, Yelyzaveta Povstiana of Dniprorudne knew they were coming. She recently spoke to The Tuam Herald from her new home, the Corralea Court Hotel in the town of Tuam.

Source: The Herald March 09, 2023 03:44 UTC