‘It’s very important to keep talking about the war and keep talking about Ukraine,’ one demonstrator said.

Hundreds of Ukrainians have marched through Dublin’s streets to mark three years since Russia’s invasion.

The crowd held signs criticising Russian President Vladimir Putin and US President Donald Trump as demonstrators thanked Ireland for hosting thousands of Ukrainian refugees.

Relations between the US and Europe have been strained after Mr Trump launched hit out at Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky last week.

The US president called Ukraine’s leader a “dictator” and appeared to accuse Ukraine of starting the war as his officials met Russian officials to discuss ending the conflict.

On Sunday, hundreds of Ukrainians marched through Dublin city and chanted “Putin is dictator”, “Russia is the aggressor” and “thank you Ireland”.

Yuliia Alieksieieva from Kharkiv said they were using the third anniversary to draw attention to the war.

“Today we are together to remind the Europeans about our war and about Ukrainians, we need help from our European partners especially now because of Trump.”

She said of Mr Trump’s recent comments: “It’s terrible, we just want to stop him but we don’t know how and because of that we are here just to show we stand against this.

“To be honest, the Irish Government did a lot for Ukrainians........

© Shropshire Star