Ireland to donate €120m aid to Ukraine

As the second anniversary of Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine approaches, an informal meeting of defence ministers last week agreed a €5.6bn package of military assistance to Ukraine under the European Peace Facility. File picture: AP Photo/Andriy Andriyenko

Ireland expects to contribute over €120m in non-lethal military aid to Ukraine this year under an EU fund, the Department of Defence has confirmed.

The Defence Forces also plans to carry out additional training programmes for the Ukrainian armed forces in the coming months.