Officials working to get Irish families out of Ukraine as Coveney warns war is now 'the expectation'

US and British intelligence warned Putin's plan to seize control of Ukraine is already under way and multiple strikes are imminent

Demonstrators march along the street in Odessa, Ukraine, marking eight years since 100 people were killed during Ukraine's Maidan revolution. 

Officials are working "around the clock" to get Irish couples and babies born via surrogacy out of Ukraine, the foreign affairs minister has said.

Simon Coveney has warned that a Russian invasion of Ukraine is now "the expectation", which he said will have massive consequences for Europe.