Ireland will help Ukraine with reconstruction and on the way to the EU, Irish Prime Minister Michal Martin said during his visit to Kyiv.

" That is why we will help with the restoration,"

In addition, he expressed support for Ukraine on the path to EU membership..

" Together we convinced the European Commission to give a positive recommendation so quickly. you deserve it. On the way to this complex leadership process, we will be with you, we will try our best to help Ukraine, work with European institutions and the European Commission, because we already have 50 years of experience in the EU.

And we really want a similar process of transformation to take place in Ukraine,"

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The Minister stressed that Ireland will do everything possible to ensure that no one is harmed by attempts to turn food into weapons.. This means that Russia blocked the export of grain from Ukraine, threatening Western countries that imposed tough sanctions on the aggressor with a global food crisis..

Earlier, Ireland froze the assets of Russians in the amount of €1.7 billion. They included the funds of the oligarchs of the Russian Federation, as well as enterprises and institutions associated with them.