English: Russian tanks moving westward, cities being shelled and under siege, long columns of refugees trying to escape the fighting. You would be forgiven if you thought I was referring to events in Germany at the end of world war two. Sadly, that is not the case. President Putin, by his reckless, unjustified and illegal invasion of Ukraine, has turned the clock back and brought war to Europe. There is however one big difference between 2022 and 1945. Back then, it was the Russians who were the victims of aggression, fighting the forces of a brutal regime; today the position is reversed. Ukraine is a sovereign, democratic state suffering an unprovoked, premeditated attack. Let us not be fooled by Putin's claim promoted by left-wing apologist groups that this invasion has been provoked by NATO expansionism. NATO is a defensive alliance whose official policy states that the alliance does not seek confrontation and poses no threat to Russia. Only 6 per cent of Russia's land borders touch NATO member countries. Russia has land borders with 14 countries, only five of them belonging to NATO. The last two countries to join the alliance were Montenegro in 2017 and North Macedonia in 2020, hardly presenting a threat to Russian security. Indeed, it is Russia, under Putin, that has consistently proved itself an aggressor. In 2008, Russia invaded the former Soviet republic of Georgia in support of the self-proclaimed breakaway republics of South Ossetia and Abkhazia. In 2014, Ukraine itself was attacked with Russian troops occupying Donetsk, Luhansk and Crimea. If Putin's intention was to weaken NATO, it has backfired spectacularly, with the alliance more united than ever and countries like Sweden and Finland considering applying for membership now. Countries across the world have acted to make sure Putin feels the full cost of his actions, including implementing the most severe package of sanctions Russia has seen. The UK Government has set out a six-point plan for the global response, providing clear leadership to ensure Putin's active aggression fails on all counts. On sanctions, the United Kingdom has frozen £258 billion in Russian bank assets, more than any country. We are implementing sanctions that deal a severe blow to the Russian economy, hobbling their military-industrial complex, and personally damaging Putin's inner circle of oligarchs. And we are providing humanitarian support to Ukraine in its hour of need. According to the United Nations, more than 2 million people have fled fighting in Ukraine. I understand and completely agree that checks need to be made to ensure that we are helping those in genuine need, an approach based on the strongest security advice. However, as a Conservative sitting in the Welsh Parliament, I do urge the Home Office, in front of you all here today, to speed up the process, so those who seek a safe haven in the UK can find refuge here. For the past few sessions, I've heard speeches from all parties and various Members on Ukraine and how all of the men, women and children are indeed in our thoughts and our prayers. Like you, my heart goes out to them too. I want to share something with you all here today. A few weeks ago, I was contacted by a constituent of mine. For the purpose of her confidentiality - she doesn't want to reveal her name - I'm going to call her Miss B. She wrote to me and said, 'Natasha, I'm asking for your help. My mum, my dad and their newborn baby are in Ukraine. Please help them get out. They don't know what to do, and I don't know what to do myself.' Naturally, my first response was, 'Please get them out of there as quick as you can and as fast as you can'. And then, obviously after that, she said, 'Natasha, I'm trying my sincerest best, but I don't know what else to do.' After contacting the foreign and Commonwealth office, I didn't sleep for a week, because I was genuinely concerned for their well-being. The family actually lives in my constituency. They're as Welsh as each and every single one of us sitting in this Senedd. Having a newborn baby and being there for genuine medical purposes, it was a sincere reason why they were there, and they just simply wanted to get home and be as a family together. Their daughter, who I consider my new-found hero, who really has worked tirelessly to get them home, has finally told me that the family are back safe and sound. I spoke to Mr B today, the father, who told me that whilst they were indeed caught up in the invasion, they left Kyiv to Lviv in the west of the country in a taxi, which took them over two days to get to. Due to the complete road blockages everywhere, they then took another taxi to the Polish border, but were dropped some 20 km away from where they had to go. A husband, a wife and their newborn baby had to walk that entire distance by themselves. They had no pram, they had their luggage in tow, but they walked that way, and thanks to the help of the foreign and Commonwealth office, which worked tirelessly to get them to safety, they finally managed to reach Poland. Like I said, I'm delighted to know that they are back home and with their families. They are in full praise for British high commission, the embassy staff, the foreign and Commonwealth office, who did their utmost to help them get their documents and gave them the support that they needed to escape, because, in their words, 'the online system in Ukraine has been completely compromised by a cyber attack from Russia'. Presiding Officer, it is not the strength in the body that counts, but the strength of the spirit. The spirit of the people of Ukraine and of those who may not have been born in Ukraine but consider it home, and also that of my constituents and many others like them who have got home to safety, under the inspirational leadership of President Zelenskyy, remains unbroken, and I'm sure that their strength will continue. I firmly believe that the people of Ukraine will save themselves by their courage and determination and save the world by their example. Thank you.
Welsh: Tanciau Rwsia'n symud tua'r gorllewin, dinasoedd yn cael eu bomio a than warchae, rhesi hir o ffoaduriaid yn ceisio dianc rhag yr ymladd. Gallech gael maddeuant am gredu fy mod yn cyfeirio at ddigwyddiadau yn yr Almaen ar ddiwedd yr ail ryfel byd. Yn anffodus, nid yw hynny'n wir. Mae'r Arlywydd Putin, drwy ei ymosodiad rhyfygus, anghyfiawn ac anghyfreithlon ar Wcráin, wedi troi'r cloc yn ôl ac wedi dod â rhyfel i Ewrop. Fodd bynnag, mae un gwahaniaeth mawr rhwng 2022 a 1945. Bryd hynny, y Rwsiaid a ddioddefodd ymosodiadau wrth ymladd grymoedd cyfundrefn greulon; heddiw mae'r sefyllfa fel arall. Gwladwriaeth sofran, ddemocrataidd yw Wcráin sy'n dioddef ymosodiad bwriadol a digymell. Gadewch inni beidio â chael ein twyllo gan honiad Putin a hyrwyddir gan grwpiau o ddiffynwyr asgell chwith fod yr ymosodiad hwn wedi'i ysgogi gan awydd NATO i ehangu ei ddylanwad. Cynghrair amddiffynnol yw NATO gyda'i bolisi swyddogol yn datgan nad yw'r gynghrair yn ceisio gwrthdaro ac nad yw'n creu unrhyw fygythiad i Rwsia. Dim ond 6 y cant o ffiniau tir Rwsia sy'n cyffwrdd â gwledydd sy'n aelodau o NATO. Mae Rwsia'n ffinio â 14 o wledydd, a dim ond pump ohonynt sy'n perthyn i NATO. Y ddwy wlad olaf i ymuno â'r gynghrair oedd Montenegro yn 2017 a Gogledd Macedonia yn 2020, a phrin fod y rheini'n creu bygythiad i ddiogelwch Rwsia. Yn wir, Rwsia o dan Putin sydd wedi bod yn gyson ymosodol. Yn 2008, ymosododd Rwsia ar hen weriniaeth Sofietaidd Georgia i gefnogi gweriniaethau a oedd yn honni eu bod wedi torri'n rhydd yn Ne Ossetia ac Abkhazia. Yn 2014, ymosodwyd ar Wcráin ei hun gan filwyr o Rwsia a feddiannodd Donetsk, Luhansk a Crimea. Os mai bwriad Putin oedd gwanhau NATO, mae wedi methu'n ysblennydd, gyda'r gynghrair yn fwy unedig nag erioed a gwledydd fel Sweden a'r Ffindir bellach yn ystyried gwneud cais i ddod yn aelodau. Mae gwledydd ledled y byd wedi gweithredu i sicrhau bod Putin yn teimlo cost lawn ei weithredoedd, gan gynnwys gweithredu'r pecyn mwyaf llym o sancsiynau a welodd Rwsia erioed. Mae Llywodraeth y DU wedi nodi cynllun chwe phwynt ar gyfer yr ymateb byd-eang, gan roi arweiniad clir i sicrhau bod ymddygiad ymosodol gweithredol Putin yn methu ar bob cyfrif. Ar sancsiynau, mae'r Deyrnas Unedig wedi rhewi £258 biliwn o asedau banc Rwsia, mwy nag unrhyw wlad. Rydym yn gweithredu sancsiynau sy'n ergyd drom i economi Rwsia, gan gyfyngu ar ei gallu milwrol ddiwydiannol, a niweidio cylch mewnol Putin o oligarchiaid yn bersonol. Ac rydym yn darparu cymorth dyngarol i Wcráin yn ei hawr o angen. Yn ôl y Cenhedloedd Unedig, mae dros 2 filiwn o bobl wedi dianc rhag yr ymladd yn Wcráin. Rwy'n deall ac yn cytuno'n llwyr fod angen gwneud gwiriadau i sicrhau ein bod yn helpu'r rheini sydd mewn gwir angen, dull sy'n seiliedig ar y cyngor diogelwch cryfaf. Fodd bynnag, fel Ceidwadwr sy'n Aelod o Senedd Cymru, rwy'n annog y Swyddfa Gartref, ger eich bron chi i gyd yma heddiw, i gyflymu'r broses, fel y gall y rheini sy'n chwilio am hafan ddiogel yn y DU ddod o hyd i loches yma. Dros yr ychydig sesiynau diwethaf, clywais areithiau gan bob plaid ac Aelodau amrywiol ar Wcráin a sut y mae'r holl ddynion, menywod a phlant yn ein meddyliau a'n gweddïau yn wir. Fel chithau, mae fy nghalon yn gwaedu drostynt hefyd. Rwyf am rannu rhywbeth gyda phawb ohonoch yma heddiw. Ychydig wythnosau yn ôl, cysylltodd un o fy etholwyr â mi. Oherwydd cyfrinachedd - nid yw eisiau i'w henw gael ei ddatgelu - rwy'n mynd i'w galw'n Miss B. Ysgrifennodd ataf a dweud, 'Natasha, rwy'n gofyn am eich help. Mae fy mam, fy nhad a'u baban newydd-anedig yn Wcráin. Helpwch hwy i ddod oddi yno. Nid ydynt yn gwybod beth i'w wneud, ac nid wyf yn gwybod beth i'w wneud fy hun.' Yn naturiol, fy ymateb cyntaf oedd, 'Dowch â hwy allan cyn gynted ag y gallwch ac mor gyflym ag y gallwch'. Ac yna, yn amlwg ar ôl hynny, fe ddywedodd, 'Natasha, rwy'n gwneud fy ngorau glas, ond nid wyf yn gwybod beth arall i'w wneud.' Ar ôl cysylltu â'r swyddfa dramor a Chymanwlad, ni chysgais am wythnos am fy mod yn wirioneddol bryderus am eu lles. Mae'r teulu'n byw yn fy etholaeth. Maent mor Gymreig â phob un ohonom sy'n eistedd yn y Senedd hon. Gan fod ganddynt fabi newydd-anedig a'u bod yno am resymau meddygol dilys, roedd ganddynt reswm dilys dros fod yno, ac roeddent am ddod adref a bod gyda'i gilydd fel teulu. Mae eu merch, sy'n arwres newydd i mi, wedi gweithio'n ddiflino i'w cael adref, ac mae wedi dweud wrthyf o'r diwedd fod y teulu yn ôl yn ddiogel. Siaradais â Mr B heddiw, y tad, a ddywedodd wrthyf, er eu bod wedi'u dal yn yr ymosodiad, eu bod wedi gadael Kyiv am Lviv yng ngorllewin y wlad mewn tacsi, a chymerodd dros ddau ddiwrnod iddynt gyrraedd. Oherwydd y rhwystrau ffordd ym mhobman, aethant mewn tacsi arall i'r ffin â Gwlad Pwyl, ond cawsant eu gollwng tua 20 km o'r lle'r oedd yn rhaid iddynt fynd. Bu'n rhaid i ŵr, gwraig a'u baban newydd-anedig gerdded y pellter cyfan ar eu pen eu hunain. Nid oedd ganddynt bram, roedd yn rhaid iddynt gario eu bagiau, ond fe wnaethant gerdded y ffordd honno, a diolch i gymorth y swyddfa dramor a Chymanwlad, a weithiodd yn ddiflino i ddod â hwy'n ôl yn ddiogel, fe wnaethant lwyddo o'r diwedd i gyrraedd Gwlad Pwyl. Fel y dywedais, rwy'n falch iawn o glywed eu bod yn ôl adref a chyda'u teuluoedd. Maent yn llawn o ganmoliaeth i uchel gomisiwn Prydain, staff y llysgenhadaeth, y swyddfa dramor a Chymanwlad, a wnaeth eu gorau glas i'w helpu i gael eu dogfennau a rhoi'r gefnogaeth angenrheidiol iddynt allu dianc, oherwydd, yn eu geiriau hwy, 'mae'r holl system ar-lein yn Wcráin wedi dod yn agored i ymosodiadau seiber o Rwsia'. Lywydd, nid cryfder y corff sy'n cyfrif, ond cryfder yr ysbryd. Mae ysbryd pobl Wcráin a'r rhai nad ydynt efallai wedi'u geni yn Wcráin ond sy'n ei hystyried yn gartref, a hefyd fy etholwyr a llawer o rai eraill fel hwy sydd wedi dod adref yn ddiogel, o dan arweinyddiaeth ysbrydoledig yr Arlywydd Zelenskyy, yn dal heb ei dorri, ac rwy'n siŵr y bydd eu cryfder yn parhau. Rwy'n credu'n gryf y bydd pobl Wcráin yn achub eu hunain drwy eu dewrder a'u penderfyniad ac yn achub y byd drwy eu hesiampl. Diolch.