'Nobody will teach us what to do and not to do on our own territory', says Russian ambassador

When asked where the Russian troops would be going once they leave the eastern Ukraine border, Yuri Filatov said: "They are going in the Russian territory. This is nobody’s business at all." Picture: Gareth Chaney / Collins Photos

The Russian Ambassador to Ireland has said that Russia has no political, military or economic reason to invade Ukraine.

Ambassador Yuri Filatov went as far as to call the idea "insane".