The Telegraph: Russia’s “homeless” Mediterranean Fleet retreats as NATO claims two seas
With Russian warships evacuating from Syria’s Tartus base, Moscow’s Mediterranean presence is vanishing—just as NATO strengthens control over the Baltic.
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Russia’s African presence at risk from potential Syria naval base loss, expert says
H.I.Sutton says the loss of Tartus would threaten Russia's Mediterranean naval task force presence and ability to support its military operations in Africa.
Ukraine war erodes Russia’s grip on Black Sea, Mediterranean
The ongoing war in Ukraine has damaged one-third of Russia's Black Sea warships and cut off its ability to rotate naval assets through Turkish straits, weakening the Kremlin's power projection in the Mediterranean region it once dominated.