Irish Examiner view: Unwavering Irish support for Ukraine

Volodymyr Zelenskyy has received an open-arms welcome in most other parts of the world and particularly so across Europe

Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelenskyy greets Taoiseach Micheál Martin ahead of a joint press conference at the Ukrainian Government Building in Kyiv, Ukraine, in 2022. Mr Zelenskyy will address both houses of the Oireachtas during his visit to Ireland on Tuesday.

Ireland has been unequivocal in its support for Ukraine and its people since February 24, 2022, when Russia launched a full-scale — and illegal — invasion of the country and started the biggest conflict on mainland Europe since the Second World War.

Our small nation has offered political and non-military backing for the beleaguered country since Vladimir Putin declared his "historical right" to large tracts of Ukraine and we have also granted temporary refugee status to some 120,000 of its civilians fleeing the conflict.