A Dublin girl took to the streets again to show her support for Ukraine - and her sister's best friend.
Tessa-May Stewart Miller (11), from Sandyford in Dublin, was out protesting against Russia for the second day in a row on Monday.
The schoolgirl from Newpark Comprehensive in Blackrock in Dublin, said it was “horrible what’s happening in Ukraine.”
She took part in a vigil in Ballsbridge in Dublin to show solidarity with the Ukrainian people as one of her sister’s best friends are Ukrainian.
Tessa-May was one of three sisters protesting against Russia’s invasion in Ukraine yesterday, with her older sisters out protesting while studying and on holidays abroad.
Tessa-May was outside the Russian embassy on Sunday evening too.
But speaking to the Irish Mirror from outside the Ukrainian embassy on Elgin Road in Dublin 4 last night (MON), she said: “I think the Russians should stop attacking Ukraine because it’s not very nice because innocent people are getting killed and they shouldn’t really because they have done nothing wrong, they don’t deserve it.”
She said “many, many” people her own age feel the same way about the invasion of Ukraine.
Tessa added: “In school, everybody, we watch the child news (RTE’s News Today) so we see everything.
“It’s horrible what’s happening in Ukraine.”
Two more Stewart Miller sisters are also protesting, one in Amsterdam, where she is studying politics, and the third in New York, where she is on holiday.
There is a fourth sister at home, whose best friend is from Ukraine and this is one of the reasons why the family feels so strongly.
Tessa-May said the Ukrainian family they know is “worried sick.”
The vigil last night (MON) saw between 400 and 50 people gather outside the Ukrainian embassy where they placed flowers, messages and lit candles.
Just down the road, on Elgin Road too, was the US embassy which was lit up in solidarity in yellow and blue, Ukraine’s national colours.
The Aviva Stadium was also ablaze in blue and yellow from 7pm on Monday night.
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