Three independent Senators have slammed the Dáil invitation to the Russian ambassador, Yury Filatov, to come to Leinster House on Wednesday to hear a video address from Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy.
Senators Michael McDowell, Victor Boyhan and David Norris have tabled an amendment to a motion which states “diplomatic representatives of the Russian Federation shall not be present at the joint sitting".
Senator McDowell said: “Due to Russia’s illegal invasion and the human rights abuses committed by the Russian Armed Forces in Mariupol, the Russian Ambassador should not have been invited to this event in the Oireachtas.”
