Ireland will close off its airspace to all Russian aircraft, the Foreign Affairs minister has said.
On Sunday morning, Simon Coveney confirmed that Ireland will move to shut off Irish airspace to Russian planes.
He tweeted: "Shocking Russian attacks on Ukraine overnight. Ireland will move to shut off Irish airspace to all Russian aircraft.
"We encourage other EU partners to do the same. We also support new wide-ranging sanctions to be agreed today at EU FAC & new assistance package for Ukraine."
Meanwhile in Ukraine, The Russian Defence Ministry claimed that the 302nd anti-aircraft missile regiment of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in Kharkiv region had laid down its arms.
According to military sources, 471 people had been detained.
There was no immediate comment from the Ukrainian side.
