Zelensky: military-age Ukrainians must return. Ireland’s prime minister refused

President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky stated that men of mobilization age should be in Ukraine, but Ireland’s Prime Minister Micheál Martin refused the call to send them back.

This became known at a briefing in Ireland.

“If they are of mobilization age, of course, they should be in Ukraine. And, of course, we would very much like them to return. Someone is defending life and country, and someone is not. It’s unfair, but that’s life,” Zelensky said.

In turn, Micheál Martin responded to the Ukrainian president’s statement that military-age Ukrainian men should be in Ukraine.

“We will not send Ukrainian men to Ukraine,” said the Irish prime minister.

Earlier, Ukrainian Foreign Minister Andrii Sybiha said that not all countries want Ukrainians to return home. According to him, Kyiv aims to bring these people back by creating conditions for this.

Meanwhile, many European Union countries are already restricting the provision of temporary protection to military-age Ukrainian citizens.