Russia, Ukraine and World War III

Queen Boo · 01-30-2022, 05:24 AM

Just came here to say that I don't know enough about this subject to say anything about it but I know enough to know everybody's take on it is bad.

Trollheart · 01-30-2022, 12:03 PM

Some good news for us at least:

https://www.rte.ie/news/2022/0130/1276744-russia/

Last night Russia said it would relocate planned military drills so they take place outside Ireland's Exclusive Economic Zone.

Ambassador Yury Filatov said in a statement: "In response to the requests from the Irish government as well as from the Irish South and West Fish Producer's Organisation, the Minister of Defence of the Russian Federation Sergey Shoigu has made a decision, as a gesture of goodwill, to relocate the exercises by the Russian Navy, planned for February 3-8, outside the Irish exclusive economic zone (EEZ), with the aim not to hinder fishing activities by the Irish vessels in the traditional fishing areas."

When asked if the Government should have pushed for the drills to be cancelled as opposed to them simply being moved outside of the Irish economic zone, Mr Coveney told RTÉ's This Week: "Of course, that's the preference but we don't control all of the levers here. In fact, we don't control very many of them at all. This is international waters that we're talking about."

Norg · 01-30-2022, 05:34 PM

why would russia attack Ireland ..???

01-30-2022, 12:03 PM	#2 (permalink)
Trollheart Born to be mild Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: 404 Not Found Posts: 26,996	Some good news for us at least: https://www.rte.ie/news/2022/0130/1276744-russia/ Last night Russia said it would relocate planned military drills so they take place outside Ireland's Exclusive Economic Zone. Ambassador Yury Filatov said in a statement: "In response to the requests from the Irish government as well as from the Irish South and West Fish Producer's Organisation, the Minister of Defence of the Russian Federation Sergey Shoigu has made a decision, as a gesture of goodwill, to relocate the exercises by the Russian Navy, planned for February 3-8, outside the Irish exclusive economic zone (EEZ), with the aim not to hinder fishing activities by the Irish vessels in the traditional fishing areas." When asked if the Government should have pushed for the drills to be cancelled as opposed to them simply being moved outside of the Irish economic zone, Mr Coveney told RTÉ's This Week: "Of course, that's the preference but we don't control all of the levers here. In fact, we don't control very many of them at all. This is international waters that we're talking about." __________________ Trollheart: Signature-free since April 2018

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01-30-2022, 05:34 PM	#3 (permalink)
Norg Music Addict Join Date: Apr 2009 Posts: 2,362	why would russia attack Ireland ..???