Bangladesh, July 3 -- Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has called on European allies to intensify efforts to dismantle the global supply chains supporting Russias military industry, using a high-profile visit to Ireland to highlight concerns over an Irish alumina refinery accused of indirectly feeding materials into Russias defense sector. His appeal came just hours before he was forced to abruptly end his trip to Dublin and return to Kyiv following one of the deadliest Russian missile and drone attacks on the Ukrainian capital in recent months.

Speaking in Dublin at the start of Irelands six-month rotating presidency of the Council of the European Union, Zelenskyy argued that cutting off the flow of strategic raw materials to Rus...