Originally Posted by
dead_pan
On a separate note, whatever happened to those four rust-bucket ships which set sail from eastern Russia during the first week of the conflict? No further news on these
AFAIK
Those were most probably taking part in the Kuril islands drills. Makes much more sense than trying to sneak them to Black Sea via closed Bosphorus. The troops and equipment would've made it much faster via railways if they would've been on their way to Ukraine.
https://www.reuters.com/world/europe...ia-2022-03-26/