Russia Conducts Navy Drills In White Sea
MOSCOW, July 21 (Reuters) – Russian warships conducted training drills in the White Sea to convoy and defend a caravan of ships, state-run TASS news agency reported on Sunday, citing the Russian...
A view shows a warship of the Russian Navy during artillery fire drills in the Baltic Sea, in this still image taken from video released January 27, 2022. Russian Defence Ministry/Handout via REUTERS
(Bloomberg)–Russia will relocate planned naval exercises to outside of Ireland’s exclusive economic zone, according to its ambassador in Dublin, Yuriy Filatov, in a what he described as a gesture of goodwill toward the Irish government and local fishermen.
Russia’s navy was set to run drills off the southwest Irish coast from Feb. 3 to Feb. 8. Irish Foreign Minister Simon Coveney said this week the exercises weren’t welcome, and the fishing industry raised concern about potential damage.
Coveney commented on Twitter that Russia’s response was “welcome.”
With assistance from John Harney, Nancy Cook, Carla Canivete, John Follain, Alessandro Speciale, Brendan Murray, Gregory L. White, Anna Shiryaevskaya, Mark Burton, Grant Smith, Ania Nussbaum and Peter Flanagan.
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