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Irish Mirror
Irish Mirror
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Dominic McGrath

Ireland rules out expelling Russian ambassador over Ukraine invasion, says Foreign Affairs Minister Simon Coveney

Ireland may expel some Russian diplomats in the coming days, but will likely stop short of ejecting the ambassador, the Foreign Affairs Minister has said.

It comes after the EU announced on Sunday an unprecedented set of measures to support Ukrainians, confirming that it will close its airspace to Russian airlines, fund supplies of weapons to Ukraine and ban some pro-Kremlin media outlets in response to Russia's invasion.

Ireland will "constructively abstain" from the planned delivery of arms to Ukraine.

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