Aid truck prepares to leave Northern Ireland destined for Ukraine

'Our mission now is to get that to people in Ukraine as quickly and safely as possible'

Paul Doherty, founder of Woodstock in west Belfast and SDLP MLA Justin McNulty (Liam McBurney/PA)

One of several collections of aid donated in Northern Ireland will set out across Europe on Tuesday.

Paul Doherty, founder of Foodstock in west Belfast, said their donations were bolstered by a shipment from Co Armagh on Monday evening that a number of schools had been involved with collecting.