Satellite images show Russia's warships missing from its base in Syria after the Assad regime fell (www.businessinsider.com)
from MicroWave@lemmy.world to world@lemmy.world on 10 Dec 12:00
https://lemmy.world/post/22977934

Summary

Satellite images show Russian warships missing from the Tartus naval base in Syria after rebel forces ousted Bashar Assad in a swift offensive, ending his 13-year rule.

Earlier images from December showed warships docking and leaving intermittently, but all vessels were gone by December 9.

The loss of Tartus and the nearby Khmeimim airbase, key to Russia’s military logistics, would be a significant blow.

Moscow has not confirmed its forces’ status.

The U.S. attributes Assad’s downfall to weakened support from Russia, Iran, and Hezbollah.

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Bonesince1997@lemmy.world on 10 Dec 12:33 next collapse

They’re needed for target practice in Ukraine.

meeeeetch@lemmy.world on 10 Dec 13:01 collapse

Can’t get there. The Bosphorus is closed to warships

gravitas_deficiency@sh.itjust.works on 10 Dec 14:29 next collapse

It’s closed to warships of nations who are at war. Technically, the US could sail a surface action group into the Black Sea, as the US is not recognized (by Turkey, under the Montreux Convention) as being “at war”.

protist@mander.xyz on 10 Dec 14:50 collapse

Just tie them up to some elephants and drag them across the Caucasus. Hannibal did it 2000 years ago, surely Russia is more skilled than ancient Carthage

peopleproblems@lemmy.world on 10 Dec 16:12 next collapse

So I’m looking up how many elephants they would need, and so far it’s a lot.

lemmydividebyzero@reddthat.com on 10 Dec 16:51 collapse

Or create a new canal from Northern Russia to the black sea…

Aurenkin@sh.itjust.works on 10 Dec 12:40 next collapse

Missing? What do you mean, missing? They ain’t exactly a pair of fucking car keys are they?

theyllneverfindmehere@lemmy.world on 10 Dec 12:49 next collapse

Do you know what nemesis means?

Carvex@lemmy.world on 10 Dec 13:33 collapse

hands portrait across seven men on the couch

His ma.

GBU_28@lemm.ee on 10 Dec 15:05 collapse

Periwinkle blue 👇📃

Edit wth who downvotes this

whyNotSquirrel@sh.itjust.works on 10 Dec 18:28 collapse

ya like dawg?

GBU_28@lemm.ee on 10 Dec 18:37 collapse

“DOGS? yea, I like DAWGS”

CheeseNoodle@lemmy.world on 10 Dec 13:17 next collapse

They tried to move it out of port and it immediately sank perhaps?

betterdeadthanreddit@lemmy.world on 10 Dec 21:29 collapse

Andrei, you’ve lost another submarine?

AbidanYre@lemmy.world on 10 Dec 13:49 next collapse

From the article, they were also all gone on the 3rd and back on the 6th.

Maybe they’ll be back again tomorrow. This seems like a nothing story.

JigglySackles@lemmy.world on 11 Dec 01:10 collapse

Russian Warship. Go fuck yourself!