The Minister for Foreign Affairs is in Ukraine today ahead of a meeting of the UN Security Council next week.
Simon Coveney will meet with the Ukrainian Foreign Minister, Dmytro Kuleba, to get an update on the war and territorial gains against Russia in recent days.
Minister Coveney will also visit the port city of Odessa, where grain shipments have resumed through the Black Sea.
Speaking as he crossed the Palanca border between Moldova and Ukraine, Simon Coveney says food security is a key item on his agenda:
