The Russian ship Yantar was in the area of the Irish Sea, where gas pipelines, electricity routes and data cables are laid between Ireland and the UK. The Irish Navy escorted a Russian "reconnaissance ship" out of the country's exclusive economic zone in the Irish Sea.
On November 14, the research vessel Yantar entered the area where critical energy communications and undersea data cables pass between Ireland and the UK - east of Dublin and southwest of the Isle of Man, the publication reported on Saturday, November 16
Irish Examiner