Russian reinforcements head for Syria: Warships laden with tanks, military trucks and armoured patrol boats sail towards the Middle East as the world awaits Putin’s response to airstrikes

On its fourth deployment of Russian military equipment to Syria the ship was seen laden with tanks, trucks, ambulances and a bomb radar

 

• Project 117 Alligator-class landing ship was spotted at Bosphorus, Turkey en-route to Syria on Sunday
• The Russian vessel was laden with tanks, ambulances and IED radar after Friday’s US-led Syrian air strikes
• A RoRo Alexandr Tkachenko was also seen carrying high-speed patrol boats, temporary bridge and trucks
• US, UK and French forces backed strikes that obliterated three targets in response to chemical weapon attack
• Vladimir Putin warned there would be ‘consequences’ to military action against him and Bashar al-Assad

Two Russian warships laden with military vehicles have been spotted en route to Syria after Friday’s US-led airstrikes obliterated three suspected chemical weapons sites.

An Alligator-landing ship was pictured cruising down The Bosphorus on Sunday as the world awaits Vladimir Putin’s response to this week’s co-ordinated military action against Syria.

The vessel was spotted on its way to the Russian naval base at Tartus on the north Syrian coast.