Ukraine president posts video showing damage from Russian attacks as French president urges pause in air, sea and critical infrastructure attacks

in Dublin

The Irish government has drafted legislation to remove a de facto ban on any more than 12 troops being deployed overseas as the country makes significant moves to bolster its bare and weak defence force.

European Union is a project of peace, and the project of peace means that security and defence is necessarily a priority, because peace without defence is an illusion.

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