The Russians say nyet nyet nyet, but their nose cones say da, tovarisch.
The Wall Street Journal reported last night that new satellite imagery shows Russian transport planes getting prepped to load lots of cargo at the Khmeimim air base (spelling varies by source). That base, located in what had been Bashar al-Assad’s Alawite stronghold near Latakia, allows Russia to project power throughout the region and provides lines of communication to their operations in Africa:
Russian troops were preparing to load cargo at Moscow’s main air base in Syria, Maxar satellite imaging showed, potentially signaling the early stages of a military withdrawal from the country following the fall of President Bashar al-Assad.
Two An-124 heavy transport aircraft were at the air base with their nose cones lifted and prepared to load cargo, the images showed. Nearby, a Ka-52…
