Ukrainian MP thanks Scotland for supporting her nation
Ukraine is “very fortunate” to have pals throughout Scotland, delegates on the SNP annual get together convention have been informed.
Ukrainian MP Lesia Vasylenko addressed delegates in Aberdeen on Saturday, the place she thanked the folks of Scotland for offering humanitarian help and taking in refugees from her nation in the course of the Russian invasion.
Ms Vasylenko mentioned: “It is an ideal honour to be right here on the stage, addressing your 88th convention of the Scottish Nationwide Social gathering.
“It is a fair larger honour for me to be representing the folks of Ukraine up on this stage. It is simply that I want I used to be addressing you right this moment as Lesia Vasylenko, member of parliament of Ukraine, chair of the environmental sub-committee on local weather change, speaking about Ukraine’s enter and influence in coping with international challenges.
“As a substitute, I’m addressing you right this moment as Lesia Vasylenko, member of a wartime parliament of Ukraine that’s preventing very laborious for its existence and for the bodily survival of its folks.
“That’s firstly, however in fact we’re additionally preventing to defend the very that means of the ideas of freedom, democracy and human rights.”
Ms Vasylenko mentioned that being a member of parliament in wartime is “laborious, it is irritating, it is emotional, it is a rollercoaster”.
“Each day, it is a rollercoaster and it is a lot greater than that.
“Most significantly, it is precisely like being Ukrainian lately. Waking up daily since that dreadful day on February 24, ensuring you and the folks in your house are OK, are nonetheless alive.
“After which doing one factor, no less than one little factor, to guarantee that Ukrainians – a 44-million nation – can be alive for that yet another day.”
She mentioned her nation “admires the braveness” of Scots who’ve signed as much as the Ukrainian Worldwide Territorial Defence Battalion.
