Russia nuclear attack Ireland

Updated: 11am. Minister for the Environment Eamon Ryan has described images on Russian State television of a simulated nuclear attack on the UK and Ireland ...

The aim is to save lives and keep people warm,” the Minister said. “We have to ensure that sanctions don’t damage Europe more than Russia.” Russia was using “bully-boy tactics” in a State sponsored television programme when they advocated the nuclear destruction of two islands off the coast of Europe, he said, adding that the tone of the programme spoke volumes about the attitude of Russian President Vladimir Putin and the Russian generals. On the issue of turf restrictions, Mr Ryan said the changes would not have an impact this year as the traditional turf-cutting and harvesting would continue this summer, but action would have to be taken to protect lives impacted by air pollution, as well as those in danger of fuel poverty. There would be a doubling down on efforts to switch reliance on oil and gas and cooperation on switching to renewables so countries did not rely on Russia, he said, however, he added that some countries, such as Hungary, were very dependent on Russian crude oil and were in difficult circumstances. The exact nature of the sanctions have yet to be agreed, he told Newstalk Breakfast, but he acknowledged that sanctions were more difficult for some countries, such as Germany and Poland, because of their reliance on Russian oil to keep their economies running.

A retired Irish army officer has condemned the “absolutely horrific” threats to Ireland made by Russia which were aired on Russian TV this week.

“It would represent the destruction of both countries and would see the annihilation of millions and millions of people.” “This would create such a shockwave and a blast that it would create a tsunami of 500m tall that would sweep over Ireland and Britain - which they, rather irritatingly refer to as the British Isles. “On a kind of a practical level, the simulation shows what they call a Poseidon nuclear underwater drone which has a warhead of up to about 100 megatons, and the idea is as presented by the Russians is that this would be detonated underwater off the northeast coast somewhere above Donegal - maybe about 100 miles or so out.

A programme on Russian state television channel has broadcast mocked-up clips of nuclear weapons destroying Ireland in response to the UK's support to ...

Time to tell Russian Government that this wild language is simply unacceptable to us,” the Fianna Fáil member tweeted. “There's no way of stopping this underwater drone,” the anchor if further heard saying in the video, which has been viewed nearly two million times since being shared. Many Irish politicians have reacted strongly to the broadcast, calling for a diplomatic response to Moscow.

The Taoiseach has described the mock-up of a Russian nuclear attack destroying Ireland and Britain as "very sinister, intimidatory-type tactics by the ...

He wants the embassy shut. The island is so small that just one SARMAT missile is sufficient to sink it once and for all." "It just really is propaganda. He said the presenter is "seen as close to the government" and he said, "it is disturbing". Such a barrage alone carries extreme doses of radiation. Micheál Martin said while he does not think anyone is going to be intimidated by the imagery depicting the outcome of such an assault, he said "it reflects a mindset that is worrying and not in touch with reality".

An Irish politician has called for a diplomatic response to Moscow after mocked-up images on Russian state television showed nuclear weapons destroying ...

He said that the 100-megaton warhead could cause a "gigantic tidal wave up to 500 meters (1,600 feet) high," which would also carry "extreme doses of radiation." It's internal propaganda for Russian people." The BBC's Moscow correspondent Steve Rosenberg said that the comments by Kiselyov, considered as one of the Kremlin's chief propagandists, "does not mean Russia is gearing up to wipe out the UK." "Ireland calls on Russia to agree to an immediate ceasefire, withdrawal of troops to pre 24 February positions and a commitment to a dialogue." He said the segment highlighted "the unfortunate fact that if the U.K. was subject to a nuclear attack, unlikely as that is, Ireland would almost certainly be caught up in it." During a segment on Russia's Channel One, anchor Dmitry Kiselyov described a nuclear attack as a graphic showed the islands of Ireland and Great Britain being wiped off the map.

Taoiseach Micheál Martin has condemned a broadcast on Russian state television which showed a mock nuclear attack destroying Ireland, saying it was a “very ...

Mr Kiselyov, who is on an EU sanctions list, has a long history of making bellicose comments and spreading conspiracy theories on air. However, “most inhabitants of either territory would be outside the blast and fallout radius, as would many towns and cities”, he said. “I wouldn’t regard it as a threat against Ireland really, no. Everything has been calculated already,” he claims, as a graphic shows a blast erasing Ireland and Britain from the map. Such a barrage alone also carries extreme doses of radiation,” he claims. Ireland is not mentioned directly in either of the two clips.

The simulated clip, which appeared on Russian state broadcaster Russia-1 over the weekend, shows a nuclear sub launching a missile to hit the coast off Ireland, ...

Minister for Public Expenditure, Michael McGrath, said that it was “disturbing” to see both Ireland and the UK “wiped out” in a simulation. Your contributions will help us continue to deliver the stories that are important to you Your contributions will help us continue to deliver the stories that are important to you

It says this attack using an underwater nuclear weapon would “plunge Britain into the depths of the sea”. The torpedo, fired from a nuclear submarine, would ...

Time to tell Russian government that this wild language is simply unacceptable to us.” “Such a barrage also carries extreme doses of radiation,” it adds. A Russian TV report which shows the impact of a possible nuclear attack off the coast of Donegal has caused uproar.

Russian TV described the impact on Ireland of a tsunami caused by detonating nuclear weapons off the Irish coast.

“These are sometimes made casually and sometimes forcefully,” he said. Time to tell Russian government that this wild language is simply unacceptable to us.” “Such a barrage also carries extreme doses of radiation," it adds. He added: “We have all the instruments for this [responding to an existential threat to Russia] — ones nobody else can boast of. The embassy said there were “no winners” in a nuclear war and said it “must never be unleashed”. The Russian embassy in Ireland has said that recent Russian TV reports showing the impact a possible nuclear attack against Britain which also devastates Ireland were a matter for the editors concerned.

A television programme shown in Russian appears to demonstrate how Ireland would be completely destroyed by an underwater nuclear drone launched by one of ...

Time to tell the Russian Government that this wild language is simply unacceptable to us.” The warhead on it has a yield of up to 100 megatonnes. Time to call in and dress down Russian ambassador again and this time, threaten expulsion.”

Russia state TV has simulated another nuclear weapon attack - this time one that would turn Ireland into a "radioactive desert".

The warhead on it has a yield of up to 100 megatonnes. Having passed over the British Isles, it will turn what might be left of them into a radioactive desert" "The explosion of this thermonuclear torpedo by Britain's coastline will cause a gigantic tsunami wave up to 500m high.

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Mr Kiselyov, who is on an EU sanctions list, has a long history of making bellicose comments and spreading conspiracy theories on air. However, “most inhabitants of either territory would be outside the blast and fallout radius, as would many towns and cities”, he said. Everything has been calculated already,” he claims, as a graphic shows a blast erasing Ireland and Britain from the map. “I wouldn’t regard it as a threat against Ireland really, no. Such a barrage alone also carries extreme doses of radiation,” he claims. Ireland is not mentioned directly in either of the two clips.