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A number of Ukrainian drone experts have been deployed in Syria, close to the country’s coastal region, Sham TV reported on April 13.
The opposition news outlet said that the Ukrainians took positions near the city of Qusayr in the southwestern countryside of the governorate of Homs. The abandoned Dabaa air base is located nearby, though it is unclear from the report if the experts are situated there.
Qusayr is close to the Syrian coastal region, where the Russian military maintains two bases — a naval base in the port of Tartus and Khmeimim Air Base close to the city of Jableh.
The war-torn city is also just a few kilometers away from the border with Lebanon’s Baalbek-Hermel governorate. It is considered a key smuggling route.
The report came just a week after a surprise visit by Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky to Syria, where he met President Ahmad al-Sharaa. The two leaders pledged greater security cooperation after wide-ranging discussions in Damascus, which were also attended by Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan.
“We managed to discuss everything: from security and defense issues and the situation in the region due to all the events around Iran to energy and infrastructure cooperation between our countries,” Zelensky said after the visit.
Quickly after the visit, rumors of Ukrainian experts visiting the Syrian coasts, including areas located very close to the Russian bases, began to emerge. However, there is still no evidence of such moves.
There has been, however, a clear military buildup by Syrian government forces in such areas, especially on heights overlooking the bases.
While Russia and the Syrian government maintain high levels of communications, an agreement on the future of Russian bases on the country’s coast is yet to be reached.
Speaking at Chatham House in London late last month, Sharaa said that Russian bases will be converted into training centers for Syrian government forces.
“Out of dozens of bases, only two remain, and we are trying to turn them into training bases for the Syrian army,” the Syrian president said, without deliberating.
Right after assuming power, Sharaa vowed to keep Syria one step away from all sides. However, his remarks from London, Zelensky’s visit and the reports that came out after all suggest that the country is being pushed in one way or another to take a certain stance on the bases and the relations with Russia in general.
Although highly unlikely, Ukraine could attempt to target Russian bases on the Syrian coast, from within the country, or even from neighboring Lebanon.
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alciada and the ukies have always been on same team and their coach big donny
asov is bacically a nationalist ukrainian al quaida version.
they’re both vatican cut outs
international propaganda theater always requires puppets to blame to detract populations from the reality of their slavery. ireland is waking
hahahaha you are but still dreaming saint patricks ireland is the birthplace of catholism throughout the western uk and its commonwealth of nations. every country has a saint pats primary school. what you need to know is that the irish were the highest per capita consumers of pot on earth prior to them being allowed to vote for legalised abortion.
russia abandoned syria…ukraine will be a real ally…
“ally” in this case = partners in terrorism. note too the closeness between israel and those 2 countries… very telling.
the reign of terror began in paris resulting from cardinal richelieu setting france up fir financial ruin, compounded by carefully constructed wars following his requiring louis the 14 th to construct vetsailles as his duty to god
the debts of the grandparents shall be inherited by the grand children the bible tells us and so his grand child loius the 16 th paid with his head declaring oneself the sun king doesn’t bode well in rome.
kiss of death ally, to be exact.
now that nato run syria they ain’t going to want the russian admin to keep their base. friends of the headchopper of damascus all ive in either london, washingtub, or isreal, to where the strings attatched to julani all run to. to trust julani by his word is to trust london, washingtub, and isreal, by their word. we all know how that goes.
wrong again always the same always the opposite. russians were welcome to pay outrageous over priced values to buy in london. no one lives in washington but oboma and his partner what’s her name?
they weren’t truly russian. they were oligarchs who were bleeding russia dry for nato until president putin flushed them all out. where else would these traitors go but london, or washingtub. obomber’s missus is hardly a ‘she’. yo are not paying attention.
ukrainian drone experts in norwegen and syria. ukrainian drone defence experts in the gulf.
looks like ukraine is preparing to be able to sink russian ships from muliple different places outside its own territory. congratulations russia, ukraine levelt up to a regional power while under russian attack.
ukrainian is supported by the vatican and king charles.
from. day one zelensky the rumoured “jew” has taken his instructions firstly from the english cardinal in the vatican and then later openly from charles as a visitor to his private family home and then, once they had franco replaced with leo, directly from him.
stretching the word ‘expert’ that far is ungodly.
unbelievably naive as ever. what colours the sky?