'World will suffer' if Putin is not stopped, warns Ukrainian ambassador

A wounded woman after an airstrike damaged an apartment complex in city of Chuhuiv, Kharkiv Oblast, Ukraine on Thursday. Picture: Wolfgang Schwan/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images

The Ukrainian ambassador to Ireland has warned the “world will suffer” if steps aren’t taken to stop Vladimir Putin, as the Taoiseach said Russia’s invasion of Ukraine was “immoral and totally beyond comprehension”.

Russian forces invaded Ukraine by land, air and sea in the early hours of Thursday, confirming the worst fears of the West with the biggest attack by one state against another in Europe since World War Two.