Two Russian warships laden with military vehicles have been spotted en route to Syria after Friday's US-led airstrikes obliterated three suspected chemical weapons sites.An Alligator-landing ship was pictured cruising down The Bosphorus on Sunday as the world awaits Vladimir Putin's response to this week's co-ordinated military action against Syria.The vessel was spotted on its way to the Russian naval base at Tartus on the north Syrian coast.On its fourth deployment of Russian military equipment to the war-torn country the ship was seen laden withA yellow RoRo Alexandr Tkachenko was also pictured heading for Tartus carrying. A Russian Project 117 Alligator-class landing ship was spotted off the coast of Turkey on Sunday, reportedly making its way to the military base at Tartus on the north Syrian coast

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Russian president Vladimir Putin is expected to respond to the bombings said to have wiped out sites connected with Syrian president Assad’s chemical weapons programme. Other sites near Damascus were also targeted in the assault which US Defence Secretary Jim Mattis called a ‘one-time shot’

The Russian Navy’s landing ship Nikolai Filchenkov sails in the Bosphorus (Picture: REUTERS/Yoruk Isik)

Russian-flagged cargo ship Alexander Tkachenko, chartered by the Russian government, sails in the Bosphorus, on its way to the Mediterranean Sea in Turkey (Picture: REUTERS/Yoruk Isik)

Announcing the operation, Prime Minister Theresa May said there was ‘no practicable alternative to the use of force’.
Russia sends landing ship Nikolai Filchenkov, chartered civilian vessel MV Alexander Tkachenko, and transport ship Orsk to Syria laden with military equipment.