Is because the start of prong season in ireland this year or this month was under a very very unique threat of government of russia having announced the russian need it was going to conduct live fire large-scale military drills off the irish coast this week. right in the place where these fishermen troll for prongs and make their living. we ve been talking about the story a lot on the show about how the small group of irish fishermen in cork threatened to disrupt the russian military exercises, they said they were going to plan and send a fleet of 60 fishing trawlers into those waters starting tomorrow, because tomorrow is the start of prong season. i said they would stay there even though that would put them right in the middle of russia s war games. one of the protesting irish fishermen told cnn quote everyone has mortgages, they have to be paid, follow the fish and make a living. that s all we want to do.
Disrupt the russian military exercises, they said they were going to plan and send a fleet of 60 fishing trawlers into those waters starting tomorrow, because tomorrow is the start of prong season. i said they would stay there even though that would put them right in the middle of russia s war games. one of the protesting irish fishermen told cnn quote everyone has mortgages, they have to be paid, follow the fish and make a living. that s all we want to do. now they re going to get to do just that after a weeklong standoff that was going to and who knows where with russia still insisting on menacing the nation of ukraine with a huge troop buildup on ukraine s borders. there is no one place in the world where russia has backed down militarily. russia has announced that they will no longer hold their wargames off the irish coast within the boundaries of where the irish fishermen make their living. it will still do their military
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