On Wednesday, a large landing ship of the Russian Navy, Caesar Kunikov, and a Russian Navy auxiliary cargo ship, Kyzyl-60, entered the Mediterranean Sea and are on their way to Syria, as reported by information portals tracking the movements of ships through the Bosphorus.

According to Turkish websites, the ships are on their way to Tartus where the supply and storage facility of the Russian military is located. The sites noted that judging by the sea gauge of the ships, they are fully laden. …

The US State Department believes that other countries should not provide support for the Russian tankers that supply fuel for Russian military aircraft in Syria, as stated by the official representative of the US State Department, Mark Toner.

“Although the decisions on the admission into their ports are made by the local authorities, we believe that the countries of the region should not provide support for the Russian tankers carrying fuel that will be used for the continuation of the air …

Russian authorities hope to resume dialogue with the United States under President Donald Trump, but acknowledge that the normalization process will not be fast, because relations are now at their lowest, according to Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov.

“It is hardly possible to spoil something in these relations. They are at their lowest, but certainly we expect that the dialogue will be resumed, and a difficult and slow process of turning relations in a constructive direction will begin,” …