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[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

Awww but I thought Russia and China were their friend? Did they finally realize the neo-USSR power bloc is an equally uncaring imperialistic resource extractor that only gave a shit because the Houthis were going to be inconvenient for the US?

[–] [email protected] 13 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Houthis are Shia and their friends are Iran and Hezbollah. Russia is an unreliable transactional partner of their friends, and also Russia is doing a lot of licking up to Turks and Sunni terrorists.

So - they know the situation very well.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 month ago (2 children)

Right, but they previously had an active diplomatic agreement allowing any Russia or China affiliated ships to pass untouched..

Clearly something has changed since then, something that makes them think receiving any Russian support (even indirectly) is not worth it.

[–] [email protected] 14 points 1 month ago

I'm more likely to believe the Houthis just fucked up here, retaliatory strikes disabled their ability to discriminate targets they want to strike and those they don't. Or the people they have launching the missiles not properly trained and educated on how to confirm targets. While there is a possibility this was an intentional strike on a Russian flagged ship, I have my own doubts given their general history with Russia and China and previous statements.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago

Perhaps Russia broke some other agreement and they responded.