Irishman Bailey Patchell who volunteered to fight in the war in Ukraine has called on the Irish army to supply Ukrainian forces with military equipment for training purposes.
23-year-old Bailey returned home this week after almost five arduous months spent in Ukraine. He decided to go to the country to fight shortly after the war broke out despite the understandable distress of his mother.
He described the current situation as a "stalemate" and appealed to the Irish army to consider sending on valuable military equipment to assist the defence of Ukraine. Irish soldiers previously appealed to the government to send unused missile launchers to Ukraine worth €150,000 each.
