Russia will not conduct naval exercises off the coast of Ireland after Dublin requested they relocate following mounting concerns that the Kremlin could authorize an invasion of Ukraine within days.
The Admiral Essen frigate leaves to join a naval exercise of the Russian Black Sea Fleet. Photo: Russian Defence Ministry\TASS via Getty Images
Russia will not conduct naval exercises off the coast of Ireland after Dublin requested they relocate following mounting concerns that the Kremlin could authorize an invasion of Ukraine within days,Russian officials said they would relocate the naval exercises as a "gesture of goodwill" to Dublin and Irish fishing groups, Ambassador Yury Filatov said in a statement, per Reuters.
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