Ukraine’s Zelenskyy to visit Ireland today en route to US

Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskyy is to visit Ireland today on his way to the US to seal a controversial deal with Donald Trump on the country’s rare earth minerals, Report informs via The Guardian.

He will meet the taoiseach Micheál Martin, who has canceled a trip to Belfast, at Shannon airport.

Ireland’s minister of state for European affairs and defence Thomas Byrne told a conference on the role of the Council of Europe in a lasting peace in Ukraine said: "There should be nothing about Europe without Europe. Together with our EU partners, Ireland, will continue to build global support for comprehensive, just and lasting peace on Ukraine’s terms, which upholds Ukraine’s sovereignty and territorial integrity and which is based on respect for the principles of the UN charter and international law. And we know that if any peace agreement will last it must have justice and accountability at heart."