RUSSIA WAITS IN SILENCE: IS THE KREMLIN READING THE WEST'S WEAKNESS IN THE MIDDLE EAST?
Cakranegara News – Midnight Edition Article 1 of 15 Russia Waits in Silence: Is the Kremlin Reading the West's Weakness in the Middle East? 🌍 OPENING – A Bear That Does Not Roar At 2:30 AM Moscow time, April 15, 2025, a French military reconnaissance satellite codenamed CSO-3 captured something unusual at the Hmeimim Air Base in Latakia, western Syria. Three heavy cargo aircraft of the type Il-76MD-90A landed within a span of just seventeen minutes. Runway lights were deliberately dimmed. No announcement followed. No press conference. No triumphant propaganda video on Russia's military Telegram channels. Within the next forty-eight hours, the digital footprints of Russian logistics vehicles — tracked via open-source intelligence (OSINT) from commercial satellite imagery and intercepted radio frequencies — showed a slow, deliberate movement southward toward the Syria-Iraq border, then a sharp turn southwest into the barren desert surrounding Deir ez-Zor. Their final destination...