what does war mean for Russia and Putin – UNIAN
The southern flank of the Kremlin ruler may be undermined.
The world community may perceive events in Syria positively if it speeds up a ceasefire in Ukraine on Kyiv’s terms.
Retired British Army Colonel Hamish de Bretton-Gordon writes about this in a column for The Telegraph. According to him, it cannot be ruled out that the Islamist group Hayat Tahrir al-Sham will undermine Russia’s southern flank, thus coming to the aid of Ukraine and the West:
“Just as the Battle of Kursk was a fatal overreach for Hitler in 1943, Syria could become a dangerous overreach for Putin in 2024. The modern tyrant also wants to rule Europe and its environs. Syria is Putin’s southern flank and has a strategic the important port of Tartus, for the salvation of which he must…
