Ukrainian stories: ‘When we arrived here, we were like aliens from another planet. I had to start my life from scratch’Four years on from the invasion, we talk to the Ukrainians who have settled in Co Kerry, why they chose to come here, the heartbreaking stories from their homeland, and dealing with the ‘small percentage of haters’Natalia Krasenkova Independent Review / Kim Bielenberg. Kim Bielenberg Today at 06:30The vast majority of the tens of thousands of Ukrainians who now live in Ireland could never have imagined they would still be here four years after the full-scale invasion of their country by Russia.

Source: Irish Independent February 20, 2026 10:01 UTC