Cork-based plumber returns home to fight for Ukraine 

Relatives in Ukraine have already seen the worst of the war, 'they see how people die, and they hear rockets'

Pavlo Serdiuk, who lives in Cork, and Andrej Mitigan, who lives in Limerick. Pictures: RTÉ/ David Raleigh

As thousands of people flee the Russian invasion, many Ukrainian nationals living in Ireland are returning home to defend their country. 

Among those ready to go home and fight are a Cork-based plumber and a Limerick-based civil engineer.