Today, two Ropucha class landing ship from Russian Navy passed through Bosphorus returning from their Syrian deployment. As the political crisis in Ukraine particular in Crimea is increasing it is possible that Russian Navy wanted these valuable assets closer to home.
According to the blog Warships On Bosphorus two more Russian ships started their Syrian deployment last week: Alligator class landing ship Saratov and Ropucha class landing ship Yamal.
The list of Russian warship movements in 2014:
| Date | Number | Name | Direction |
| 02/01/14 | 016 | Georgiy Pobedonosets | Northbound |
| 02/01/14 | 156 | Yamal | Northbound |
| 18/01/14 | 016 | Georgiy Pobedonosets | Southbound |
| 18/01/14 | 151 | Azov | Southbound |
| 27/01/14 | 102 | Kaliningrad | Southbound |
| 01/02/14 | 016 | Georgiy Pobedonosets | Northbound |
| 01/02/14 | 151 | Azov | Northbound |
| 07/02/14 | 810 | Smetlivy | Northbound |
| 10/02/14 | 016 | Georgiy Pobedonosets | Southbound |
| 10/02/14 | 151 | Azov | Southbound |
| 20/02/14 | 150 | Saratov | Southbound |
| 20/02/14 | 156 | Yamal | Southbound |
| 26/02/14 | 102 | Kaliningrad | Northbound |
| 26/02/14 | 127 | Minsk | Northbound |
I have archived the list of the Russian ship movements in 2013.
devrimyaylali.com 
What’s the probability of Yanukovich being on these ships?