They can be used to attack enemy vehicles, boats and drones.

It comes after a tumultuous week in politics for Ukrainian and European security.

Taoiseach Micheál Martin will attend a meeting with other European leaders this afternoon to discuss the situation in Ukraine

Here, we have a look at the topics likely to dominate political discourse in the week to come

Staff at the Irish Embassy in Kyiv are "working from home" as tensions escalate between Ukraine and Russia

Mykola ‘Nick’ Polishchuk (44) has spent the last nine months fighting to stay alive following a crash on January 6th.

Alex Ryzhuk, the Irishman missing in action and presumed dead in eastern Ukraine, was proud of his Ukrainian heritage, the principal of his Dublin school has said

'It's a mistake,' Zelenskiy says of Biden's Putin mix up

The ongoing humanitarian crisis in Gaza and the war in Ukraine were among the issues Taoiseach Simon Harris and US president Joe Biden discussed in a call on Monday night

The Defence Forces' "historically low" numbers of 7,500 are a reflection of the slow pace of implementing recommended reforms

Ireland has granted more than 105,000 temporary protection orders since Russia invaded Ukraine.

The Government said changes were needed to its offering in order to meet obligations to future arrivals.

More than two-in-five Ukrainian adults in Ireland with temporary protection status are working, according to a new survey

Ireland has provided refuge to about 100,000 Ukrainians since the war.

Fresh data from the Central Statistics Office shows 31 per cent of Ukrainian refugees in the State are aged under 20.

Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs Micheál Martin will also attend the gathering over the weekend

The Government is being called on to improve the way in which it provides accommodation for immigrants

The Department of Education has confirmed that 18,003 Ukrainian pupils have been enrolled in schools across Ireland up to the end of 2023

Concerns were raised that the fake correspondence could have been generated by Russian military propagandists to create panic among Ukrainians living in Ireland

A team of seven Irish medics and advanced paramedics have been providing training in emergency care to Ukrainians who are on the frontline of the war

When Russia invaded Ukraine in February 2022, the world looked on in horror. Angie Gough was no different, and she decided she wanted to do something to help innocent people displaced by the conflict

The seizure of almost €160 million worth of cocaine off the Cork coast "could have gone horribly wrong" due to Defence Forces underfunding, according to an independent TD