Russian Bloggers Are Writing an Obituary for the Kremlin’s Syrian Adventure
‘Ten years there, dead Russian soldiers, billions of rubles spent and thousands of tons of ammunition expended,’ is the lament of a blogger with 600,000 followers, Starshe Eddi.
As Syrian rebels now surround Russia’s two main bases in Syria, Russian war blogger Rybar writes on Telegram: “Russia’s military presence in the Middle East region hangs by a thread.” Gunfire is heard around the Russian Navy base at Tartus, he and others write. As for the 1,000–bed Russian Air Base 90 miles up the coast, Rybar writes: “The Khmeimim base is cut off.”
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