Forty Irish citizens remain in war-torn Ukraine  

Nanny Svitlana Stetsiuk plays with one of the babies in the nursery in Kyiv, Ukraine, on Saturday; 19 babies are being cared for that were born to surrogate mothers. Picture: Rodrigo Abd/AP

Approximately 40 Irish citizens are still in Ukraine as the Russian army's brutal invasion of the country enters its fourth week, the Department of Foreign Affairs has confirmed.

A number of these are Irish couples who are involved in surrogacy arrangements in the war-torn country.