Is Putin going to let Russia be evicted from their only Mediterranean port just to protect Assad? I don’t think so.
You never did answer an earlier question re: “how about “...’next week’s negotiations between Trump team and Ukraine in DC.’ Have you a source?”
“Is Putin going to let Russia be evicted from their only Mediterranean port just to protect Assad? I don’t think so.”
The Russian navy in the Mediterranean would not last long in a war.
Even the Ukrainians can sink Russian ships easily.
Russia has a new and better friend in Iran.