Russia to Stage ‘Not Welcome’ Live-Fire Naval Drills Off Irish Coast: Official

Russia to Stage ‘Not Welcome’ Live-Fire Naval Drills Off Irish Coast: Official
Russian President Vladimir Putin attends a forum at the Presidential Executive Office in Moscow, on Nov. 30, 2021. Mikhail Metzel/AFP via Getty Images
Jack Phillips
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Russia is planning to hold war games near Ireland’s coast in international waters, which are “not welcome,” Ireland’s foreign minister said on Jan. 24 amid heightened tensions near the Russia–Ukraine border.

“This isn’t a time to increase military activity and tension in the context of what’s happening with and in Ukraine,” Irish Foreign Minister Simon Coveney told reporters.

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