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Russia is dispatching four ships to its bases in Syria, per Ukraine's main intelligence directorate. They will evacuate weapons and military equipment from its key base in Tartus, they said. Russia is trying to secure a deal with Syria's new leadership to keep the bases, per reports. Russia is sending four ships to its bases in Syria to evacuate weapons and military equipment, according to Ukraine's main intelligence directorate (GUR). They also said that it would probably take weeks for the Russian ships to get to Tartus.
Persons: GUR, Ivan Gren, Syria's, Bashar Assad, Tahrir, Sham, Assad, Mikhail Bogdanov Organizations: St, TASS, Bloomberg, Maxar Technologies, Business, Russian, Hmeimim, Base, The Times, Middle, Institute for Locations: Russia, Syria, Tartus, Norwegian, Russian Sparta, Sparta, Baltiysk, Kaliningrad Oblast, St Petersburg, Africa, Damascus
Vladimir Putin has spent his two decades in power rebuilding and reforming Russia's military. Below, Galeotti describes those reforms, what they achieved, and how, in a devastating war in Ukraine, Putin has squandered the military he built. IGOR SAREMBO/AFP via Getty ImagesWhen Putin came to power at the end of the 1990s, what was the state of the Russian military? How did the Russian military underperform in that conflict in Georgia? What did those conflicts show about the capabilities of the Russian military and about the impact of those reforms?
Finland also extends NATO's border along the Baltic Sea, which has been called a "NATO lake." That further isolates Russia's Kaliningrad region, which is surrounded by NATO member countries. Kaliningrad is a major military outpost, hosting Russia's Baltic Fleet and other forces, and has been called an "unsinkable aircraft carrier" that allows Moscow to project power deep into NATO and EU territory. However, some Baltic Fleet units were redeployed to Ukraine where they have reportedly suffered very high casualties. Russia's Baltic Fleet is based in Baltiysk and is composed of warships — mostly corvettes and a number of support ships — infantry and armored units, and aviation and air-defense forces.
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