Massive explosions have hit Kyiv and other Ukrainian cities today. They were apparently Russian revenge strikes as President Vladimir Putin declared retaliation after an explosion on the bridge to Crimea. They have been the most intense attacks since the beginning of the war. 

Oleksiy Goncharenko is a Ukraine MP and Vice President of the PACE Committee on Migration, Refugees and Displaced Persons and Garrett Mullan, from Balbriggan, whose sister-in-law has been back in Ukraine for the last few weeks had both joined Kieran on the show.