Ben Royce 🇺🇦<p>A <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ColdWar" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ColdWar</span></a> legacy, vital to <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Russia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Russia</span></a>'s force projection, evaporates overnight:</p><p>In 1971, the <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/SovietUnion" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SovietUnion</span></a> and the new <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Assad" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Assad</span></a> Regime signed an agreement to use the port of <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Tartus" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Tartus</span></a> on the <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Mediterranean" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Mediterranean</span></a> </p><p>In this satellite photo from yesterday, we see the <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Russian" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Russian</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Navy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Navy</span></a> begin to leave <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Syria" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Syria</span></a> </p><p>Wada'an, douchebags 👋 </p><p>Coupled with news over <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Transnitria" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Transnitria</span></a>, the "mighty" Russian empire continues to crumble:</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/@benroyce/113632680144620550" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">mastodon.social/@benroyce/1136</span><span class="invisible">32680144620550</span></a></p><p>Start sweating, <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Kaliningrad" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Kaliningrad</span></a></p><p><a href="https://www.straitstimes.com/world/middle-east/satellite-imagery-shows-russian-navy-ships-anchored-off-syrian-coast" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">straitstimes.com/world/middle-</span><span class="invisible">east/satellite-imagery-shows-russian-navy-ships-anchored-off-syrian-coast</span></a></p>