Sunday, April 15, 2018

Russia Sends Reinforcements To Syria

Two Russian warships laden with military vehicles have been spotted en route to the Syria after Friday's US-led airstrikes obliterated three suspected chemical weapons sites

Daily Mail: Russian reinforcements head for Syria: Warships laden with tanks, military trucks and armoured patrol boats sail towards the Middle East as the world awaits Putin's response to airstrikes

* Project 117 Alligator-class landing ship was spotted at Bosphorus, Turkey en-route to Syria on Sunday
* The Russian vessel was laden with tanks, ambulances and IED radar after Friday's US-led Syrian air strikes
* A RoRo Alexandr Tkachenko was also seen carrying high-speed patrol boats, temporary bridge and trucks
* US, UK and French forces backed strikes that obliterated three targets in response to chemical weapon attack
* Vladimir Putin warned there would be 'consequences' to military action against him and Bashar al-Assad

Two Russian warships laden with military vehicles have been spotted en route to Syria after Friday's US-led airstrikes obliterated three suspected chemical weapons sites.

An Alligator-landing ship was pictured cruising down The Bosphorus on Sunday as the world awaits Vladimir Putin's response to this week's co-ordinated military action against Syria.

The vessel was spotted on its way to the Russian naval base at Tartus on the north Syrian coast.

On its fourth deployment of Russian military equipment to the war-torn country the ship was seen laden with tanks, trucks, ambulances and an IED radar.

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WNU Editor: So much for Russian President Putin promising last December that Russia was to draw-down their forces in Syria .... Putin orders withdrawal of Russian troops in visit to Syrian base (CNN).

4 comments:

Anonymous said...

Looks like a routine supply run, they do have two primary bases to maintain.

Turfy77 said...

Time for US to send more arms to Ukraine.

Mike Feldhake said...

...or targets for Allied planes LOL

fred said...

Not funny civilian comic