At least four warships Russians carrying dozens of military trucks have been seen traversing an unusual area in the Sea of Japan, and their journey may be directed towards Ukraine to resupply Putin’s increasingly exhausted army of forces, men and resources. The unusual sighting and crossing occurred in the “Tsugaru Strait” between the Sea of Japan and the Pacific Ocean, separating the islands of Honshu and Hokkaido, the country’s largest.
“Ukraine possible direction”
The photo of one of the ships was released by the Japanese Ministry of Defense via the Kyodo news agency: it shows a Russian amphibious warship with military trucks, the Daily Mail reports. The ministry reported three more sightings, the first late Tuesday March 15 and two more on Wednesday March 16. “Their direction suggests that it is possible that they go into the Mediterranean and then into the Mediterranean Black Sea. It is unusual for them to cross the straits … ”, explains the Japanese Ministry of Defense in a note, imagining that their only and possible ultimate destination is Ukraine. If Putin were to “fish” weapons from eastern Russia, in his heart of Siberia, the situation for Russians is certainly not the best.
Western power against Putin
As we wrote in Giornale.it, the western allies have already done so provided Thousands of ammunition and missiles to the Ukrainians, about 17,000 light selfguided vehicles on the shoulder, which have become the weapon of choice in ground warfare. Biden said Washington will send another 2,000 Javelin missiles in addition to 7,000 antitank weapons, thousands of machine guns, rifles and grenade launchers, 20 million rounds of Russian and NATOcompliant small arms ammunition, and 25,000 body armor and helmets. In short, either Putin runs for cover quickly, or the war will get worse than it is now.
The toll on Russian troops since the start of the Ukrainian invasion has been catastrophic, with seven thousand soldiers killed and at least three times more wounded in the conflicts. According to sources that hard balance of the casualties is due to the very low morale of Russian troops, which intelligence officials said caused soldiers to abandon their vehicles and leave the battlefield. If the estimate is correct, it means that in 20 days Russia lost more soldiers in this invasion than the US military in Iraq and Afghanistan in 20 years. Among other things, NATO allies have already delivered 20,000 antitank and other weapons to Ukraine.
For these reasons, the next ten days could be crucial, even if the arrival of these ships will take much longer and the conflict may already have turned in favor of Ukraine and the West. To speed things up, Putin needs fresh forces and the necessary material, which certainly did not come from the Sea of Japan.
The statement from the Japanese Ministry
The Russian invasion of Ukraine is a “unilateral” change of status quo by force, and it is an act that shakes the foundations of the international order not only in Europe but also in Asia,” the ministry writes on its official website, adding that it is working to “collect and analyze related trends, and the implications for the IndoPacific Region to keep in mind and would like to share it as much as possible. “As we wrote in Giornale.it, a few days ago Japan officially took the field in the war that broke out in Ukraine and Tokyo, after decades of neutrality, decided to oppose Russia along with the United States , NATO and the European Union condemned the Russian invasion to the detriment of Ukraine and imposed a series of economic sanctions on Moscow.
