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A service member of the Ukrainian armed forces takes part in tactical military exercises at a training ground in the Rivne region, Ukraine yesterday

This morning.

Meanwhile…

Hmm.

Ukraine, Russia-backed rebels trade accusations of shelling across front (Reuters)

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Last night/this morning.

No wait, come back.

What about the war?

FIGHT!

Movement of Russian forces alone does not confirm withdrawal, NATO says (Reuters)

Last night/this morning.

Anyone?

Azov Battalion?

Yesterday evening.

Rathgar, Dublin 6.

The Russian Ambassador to Ireland Yury Anatoliyevich Filatov hosts a press conference in the embassy over the current situation in the Ukraine and Russia’s plans to hold naval exercises 240km off the southwest coast of Ireland.

Ambassador Filatov complained of a “propaganda campaign” about a Russian threat to Europe and he said there are no plans for Russia to attack Ukraine or anybody else.

He said:

“It looks like the topic of the exercises fits in the ongoing propaganda campaign led by the US and its NATO to create an illusion over Russian threats to Europe.”

Meanwhile…

Russian exercise off coast ‘not a threat’ to Ireland – Ambassador (RTE)

Yesterday: Keeping An Eye On Russia

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From top: Russian navy ships; Russian Ambassador to Ireland, Yury Filatov

This morning.

Via RTÉ News:

Minister for Foreign Affairs Simon Coveney will brief his EU counterparts on Russia’s plans to hold naval exercises 240km off the southwest coast of Ireland.

Mr Coveney told reporters in Brussels he had made it clear to the Russian ambassador that the Government did not welcome the move.

He was speaking ahead of a meeting of EU foreign ministers which will be dominated by escalating tensions over Ukraine.

Mr Coveney said the planned Russian naval exercises were in international waters, “but it is also part of the exclusive economic zone of Ireland.”

Russia told naval exercises off Irish coast not welcome – Coveney (RTE)

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Eoghan Kidney writes:

[Irish-born, Moscow-based film director] Johnny O’Reilly – during a promotional interview for Moscow Never Sleeps (2015) – is cut short on live Russian TV after saying Ukrainian director Oleg Sentsov was jailed by Moscow for “political reasons”….

Johnny O’Reilly is cut short on live TV after saying Ukrainian director Oleg Sentsov was jailed by Moscow for “political reasons.” (TheHollywoodReporter)

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…and West is, well, you know….

Raúl Ilargi Meijer of The Automatic Earth writes:

No NATO territory is under threat of being violated, other than inside the narrative. Moreover, while voices in Europe increasingly claim that the threat to Ukraine is a threat to Europe (i.e. the EU), Ukraine is no more an EU member than it is a NATO member. Brussels seems to want it to be, but that’s where the narrative ends. So it’s simply being changed on the fly and has now become: “Ukraine is fighting a war on behalf of all Europe”, according Lithuanian leader Dalia Grybauskaite.
Which is where I think: really, Ukraine has killed over 2000 of its own citizens ‘on behalf of Europe’?

MORE: These Clowns Are Dragging Us Into War (The Automatic Earth)

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(H/T: Sido)