I can see Ivan bailing out of Damascus since it’s rapidly turning into a trash heap. But we’ll know the Russians are gone if they abandon the naval base they’ve been renting there for quite some time. I don’t see that tho. I would expect Pootin to put out the word to everybody in the ‘hood that he will defend that base and he expects the long term lease to be honored by whoever claims to be running Syria. But he has the Crimea back now so either way he still has a warm water port.
Not until he secures eastern Ukraine. Crimea has no land connection to Russia.
“But we’ll know the Russians are gone if they abandon the naval base they’ve been renting there for quite some time.”
Expect to see the Russians rent Greek naval bases.