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42 sats \ 7 replies \ @BeeAye 8 Dec \ on: ITS OVER! ASSAD HAD FLED SYRIAN GENERAL STAFF ORDERED ALL SAA SOLDIERS SURRENDER news
wow. can someone speak to Syria's strategic importance to Russia? I can hypothesize some reasons but anyone with more context/knowledge would love to hear it 🤙
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21 sats \ 1 reply \ @anon 8 Dec
Yea, help a brotha out. Why is Russia fuckedddddd ?
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164 sats \ 0 replies \ @Cje95 OP 8 Dec
I will write more about this expanding on it but here are some screenshots of an explanation of Russias logistics to Africa
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0 sats \ 4 replies \ @Catcher 8 Dec
+1 some ELI5 would be great
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262 sats \ 3 replies \ @kristapsk 8 Dec
Their only naval base in Mediterranean. And now they need to move all these ships to Baltic Sea (Kaliningrad), as Turkish straits to Black Sea are blocked for them by Turkey because of being at war with Ukraine.
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0 sats \ 2 replies \ @Catcher 8 Dec
Ok. But it doesn’t mean like they are fucked, I mean Russia was never associated with the power that controls Middle East?
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10 sats \ 0 replies \ @Solomonsatoshi 8 Dec
Wromg.
Libya and a lot in Africa.
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67 sats \ 0 replies \ @Cje95 OP 8 Dec
Yeah this is a huge loss for Russia it goes to show that their airforce has been hurt by Ukraine pretty badly because they should have been able to bomb the hell outta the rebels and slow them down but that never occured
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