Colour revolution affairs that destabilize economy, conflict with the law and represent a new form of warfare. President Vladimir Putin said that Russia must prevent colour revolutions: "We see what tragic consequences the wave of so-called colour revolutions led to. For us this is a lesson and a warning. We should do everything necessary so that nothing similar ever happens in Russia". 2018 "Gilets Jaunes" yellow-vest protests in France follow the same pattern as prior Color Revolutions, and many reports indicate that French protests are "goose sauce" tit-for-tat payback operations undertaken by Russia as part of ongoing harassment and subversion activities directed
HMS Laburnum (1915) the Easter Rising, an armed rebellion by Irish republicans against British rule, began. "Laburnum" was ordered to Galway to defend the port on 25 April, arriving there on 26 April. On hearing reports that a group of rebels were advancing on the port, the Captain of "Laburnum" ordered her to open fire, with 10 shells being fired in the direction of the rebels and at a road on the outskirts of the city. On 28 April, "Laburnum" escorted a transport carrying troops to Galway. On 8 February 1917, the passenger steamer was torpedoed by the German submarine WSW of Fastnet