Nato warns Ireland over Russian maritime surveillance activity

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A Russian commercial ship being monitored by the Defence Forces off the west coast of Ireland. Photograph: Irish Defence Forces/PA Wire Nato has urged Ireland to remain vigilant on risks to subsea infrastructure in the wake of the Nordstream pipeline sabotage and increased Russian maritime surveillance activity. The warning follows an assessment by Nato intelligence chief, assistant secretary general David Cattler, that Russia may target undersea infrastructure “in an effort to disrupt western life and gain leverage against those nations that are providing support to Ukraine”. A large number of subsea communication cables run under Irish-controlled waters but the country...