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Ukraine’s Phoenix: Resilience in Kyiv | Cork News
Taoiseach Micheál Martin’s emotional visit to Kyiv revealed a nation of extraordinary resilience, embodied by the bombed-but-reborn Kyiv-Pechersk Lavra, a 1,000-year-old monastery nicknamed “phoenix” for rising from ruin again and again. Amid the chaos of war—highlighted by a harrowing overnight train ride and nightly air raid sirens—the city pulses with quiet defiance. Martin was moved by the courage of ordinary Ukrainians, including Irish expat Jonathan Clibborn, who returned to defend his homeland despite leaving his family behind. As the Taoiseach reflected on the psychological toll of…
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