Originally Posted by
jolihokistix
Re 4 x Tank landing ships. Possible scenarios.
1. Destination Odesa. Run the Bosporus blockade somehow at night. (Three went through pre-ban at the beginning of February.)
2. Feint. They’ll cross east around south of Japan and back up the east coast to the Kuriles or Vlad.
3. Sale agreed to China who desperately need such craft for certain plans of their own. Perhaps Russia had been saying no, but the situation has changed?
4. Other.
Sorry but there's b*gger all chance they'll attempt to transit the Bosphorous without the Turk's say-so.
Regardless of their destination, whatever they have on board is hardly going to be a game changer.
To me this smacks once again of Russian desperation, their various forces being urged to "do something" and justify their existence.