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minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink3•1 month agoAh yeah, that’s true. Not quite the same as having access to the oceans, but enough to be strategically useful.
minus-square@Valmondlink3•1 month agoAlso, the only orher warm water port they have is in Kaliningrad, which is separated off mainland Russia by the Suwalki gap (and Belarus but they are already almost russia so,…) so a massive blow to lose the port in Syria IMO. Also, flaggstångsknoppstoppspolerare?
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink2•1 month agoYeah, and Kaliningrad is also choked off the oceans by the Danes. Also, flaggstångsknoppstoppspolerare? Less fun, I work in tech
Sending troups and material to Africa and the Middle East.
Ah yeah, that’s true.
Not quite the same as having access to the oceans, but enough to be strategically useful.
Also, the only orher warm water port they have is in Kaliningrad, which is separated off mainland Russia by the Suwalki gap (and Belarus but they are already almost russia so,…) so a massive blow to lose the port in Syria IMO.
Also, flaggstångsknoppstoppspolerare?
Yeah, and Kaliningrad is also choked off the oceans by the Danes.
Less fun, I work in tech