Overnight, Israel carried out air and sea strikes against an Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps ammunition dump on the Russian naval base at Khmeimim/Hmeimim, Syria. The attacks avoided Russian-manned facilities and were timed to coincide with the arrival of a suspected shipment of weapons from Iran by the sanctioned Qeshm Fars airline.

Russian and IRGC air defense systems were used, but video demonstrates their ineffectiveness to attacks from air-launched and sea-launched weapons. //

Shortly after the attack, Russia began evacuating diplomats and citizens from Lebanon and encouraged the 1.5 million Russians living in Israel to leave the country "while such opportunities exist." //

Russia has a decision to make about its adventure in Syria. It has shown that it is unable to either prevent attacks on its areas of interest or to credibly defend those areas when they are attacked. By allying itself with Iran, its reputation is inextricably attached to Iran's fate. If it continues to let IRGC thugs snuggle up to its facilities, inevitably, Russians are going to be killed, and then the Kremlin will have a whole new level of humiliation to contend with. //

Laocoön of Troy
2 hours ago
Word of caution:

"... Russia ambassador in Tel Aviv recommended that citizens in Israel consider leaving the country "while such opportunities exist." He said this in an interview with TASS. ..."

Evacuating your nationals from territory and nations you are preparing to go to war with usta be a sign of impending hostilities. We've done it, the old Soviet Russians have done it, and the Putinist Russian Federation have done it. If that holds in this instance are we looking at direct hostilities with Israel by the Russians? Are the Russians that stupid or desperate?

This bears watching.