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- The Bill would see customs checks between Northern Ireland and Britain effectively scrapped.
- It also proposes giving UK government ministers the power to change almost every aspect of the text.
- Ireland and the EU have made clear that such steps would amount to a breach of international law.
- A Ukrainian commander in a Mariupol steel plant said his marines are “facing our last days, if not hours”.
- Finland's parliament opened a debate on whether to seek Nato membership.
- Ukrainian Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal met Taoiseach Micheál Martin at Shannon Airport today.
- Ukraine halted all humanitarian corridors today saying it is "too dangerous".
- Russia's defence ministry has claimed that more than 1,000 Ukrainian soldiers have surrendered in Mariupol.
- Finland's PM said the country will decide on whether to apply for NATO membership "within weeks".
- Here are all the latest developments in the war in Ukraine.
- The city of Kharkiv came under heavy shelling today.
- A meeting between Austria's Chancellor and Russian President Vladimir Putin was “direct, open and hard”.
- At least 50 people have been killed, including five children, in an attack on a train station
- Odessa imposed a weekend curfew over a "missile strike threat" from Russia in the wake of the attack
- The Taoiseach visited Finland this morning to discuss Ukraine and other global issues
- The UN General Assembly voted to suspend Russia from the UN Human Rights Council.
- Ukraine has warned residents in the east of the country to get out "now" ahead of a feared assault.
- A Kremlin spokesperson admitted that Russian troops have suffered "significant losses" in Ukraine.
- Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy addressed the Dáil and the Seanad this morning
- He said that Russia is trying to destroy "everything that makes us Ukrainians"
- The Taoiseach said he welcomed Ukraine's application to join the EU
- "Accountability must be inevitable,” President Zelenskyy told the UN Security Council this afternoon.
- Ireland's representative to the UN Geraldine Byrne Nason said attempts to deny Russian responsibility for the atrocities are "appalling in their cynicism".
- EU Commission President Ursula von der Leyen will travel to Kyiv this week as the EU mulls further sanctions.
- Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskyy visited Bucha, where dozens of corpses were found
- 410 civilian bodies have been recovered so far after a weekend of brutal attacks, Ukraine says
- Lithuania expelled its Russian ambassador this afternoon.
- The Kremlin accused Ukrainian helicopters of striking a fuel storage facility in a western Russia.
- The Red Cross said it was 'impossible' to go ahead with a Mariupol evacuation today.
- Volodymyr Zelenskyy warned Russia is preparing “powerful strikes” in eastern Ukraine.
- President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Ukraine is preparing for strikes in the east, as US intelligence indicates Putin’s relations with his staff have deteriorated
- Kyiv sent 45 buses to Mariupol to evacuate citizens after a local ceasefire was announced, as five buses were targetted in Chernihiv.
- Russian troops have begun to leave the Chernobyl nuclear power plant.
- Ireland is to expel four "senior officials" from the Russian Embassy following briefings by Irish security officials
- Russia said it will "radically" reduce its military activity around Kyiv following ceasefire talks in Istanbul
- At least seven people were killed and 22 injured in a Russian strike on a regional government building in Mykolaiv
- Negotiators have resumed face-to-face peace talks in Turkey, with Russia saying "no significant breakthroughs" have yet been made.
- Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has said the country would consider declaring neutrality, as the Kremlin called Joe Biden's comments from the weekend hinting at a regime change "alarming".
- Vladimir Putin compared criticism of Russia to Nazis book burning, claiming that there is "progressive discrimination" against Russian culture.
- The Taoiseach played down the meaning behind Volodymyr Zelenskyy saying “Ireland, well, almost" in relation to EU support for Ukraine.
- US President Joe Biden met US troops stationed near the Polish-Ukrainian border.
- Nato leaders agreed on a new set of supports for Ukraine, including equipment to protect the country against nuclear threats.
- G7 and EU leaders are meeting in Brussels to discuss the war and determine the next stage of their response.
- Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskyy calling for global street protests against Russia's actions.
- More than 3.6 million people have fled Ukraine since the invasion.
- Almost 100,000 people remain trapped in Mariupol as Russia bombards the southern port city.
- China indicated support for Putin to still participate in the next G20 summit.
- Here are all the latest developments in Ukraine as they happen.
- Russia has again fired its newest hypersonic missiles in Ukraine after admitting to using them for the first time yesterday.
- Ukraine has called on China to "condemn Russian barbarism".
- Russian forces have struck an area around Lviv airport in western Ukraine, the city's mayor has said.
- Work is underway to find civilians sheltering in a Mariupol theatre following a bomb attack.
- Simon Coveney is in Poland today to discuss the war in Ukraine.
- Russian forces bombed a theatre in Mariupol where civilians were sheltering, Ukrainian officials said.
- The UN’s International Court of Justice ordered Russia to stop its invasion.
- Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskyy called for a no-fly zone in an address to the US congress.
- A Fox News cameraman, who was an Irish citizen, was killed while working near Kyiv.
- Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Ukraine should accept that it will not become a member of NATO.
- The Polish, Czech and Slovenian prime ministers travelled to Kyiv to meet the Ukrainian President.
- One person has been killed and 12 others injured after an air strike on a residential building in the Ukrainian capital Kyiv.
- Diplomats are due to resume talks tomorrow after a "technical pause" in negotiations this afternoon.
- Zelenskyy has warned NATO that its member states could soon be attacked by Russian forces.
- Volodymyr Zelenskyy said that around 1,300 of his troops had been killed since Russia's invasion began.
- Poland's transport minister said that any help Ireland can offer to help refugees would be happily accepted.
- A two-hour phone call was held between Vladimir Putin, Emmanuel Macron, and Olaf Scholz in which Putin was asked to release the mayor of Melitopol, who was kidnapped by Russian forces.
- Fears persist around Russia's offer of humanitarian corridors.
- Ukraine military claims Russian general Vitaly Gerasimov was killed in fighting near Kharkiv.
- 2 million people have fled Ukraine so far.
- A Kremlin offer to open escape routes for civilians trapped by the fighting is rejected by Kyiv because several lead to Russia or its ally Belarus.
- Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has accused Russian troops of "murder, deliberate murder" in an address.
- Russian and Ukrainian delegations will meet for a third round of peace talks at 2pm.
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