Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky shakes hands with Taoiseach Michael Martin at a previous event. Mr Martin has said he does not believe the European Commission's plan to fund Ukraine with Russian assets has implications for neutrality. Photograph: Getty

Ireland will support a European Union plan to use seized Russian state cash to finance a €140 billion loan to support Ukraine’s efforts on the battlefield, Taoiseach Micheál Martin has said.

The proposed loan was a way to make sure Russia bore the economic cost of its decision to invade Ukraine, Mr Martin said.

“I support the Eur

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