The Department of Foreign Affairs is now urging Irish citizens to leave Ukraine “immediately by commercial means”. Up until now, the Government had been advising against all non-essential travel to Ukraine, however, that advice has now changed. A number of countries have already directed their citizens to leave the country as tensions continue to escalate … Read more
The Department of Foreign Affairs has confirmed that it is continuing to monitor the situation in Ukraine, but it has no plans to withdraw staff from the Embassy of Ireland in Kyiv at this time. It also said it is in “ongoing direct contact” with Irish families scheduled to travel to Ukraine for surrogacy purposes … Read more
Russia has in place about 70% of the combat power it believes it would need for a full-scale invasion of Ukraine and is sending more battalion tactical groups to the border with its neighbor, two U.S. officials said on Saturday. In the last two weeks, the number of battalion tactical groups in the border region … Read more