In Chisinau, the small capital (600,000 inhabitants) of small Moldova (3.5 million), bread and gasoline are in short supply, but these severe inconveniences, together with the shaky economy, fade into the background compared to the very strong fear of an invasion of the Russians Army. Women at the top of the republic sandwiched between Romania and Ukraine and the rearmost in Europe by GDP or first minister Natalia Gavrilita and the president Maia Sandu, They summoned the Russian ambassador after the deputy commander of Russia’s Central Military District Rustam Minnekayev announced that the minimum goal of the Moscow troops is to conquer all Ukrainian territory facing the Black Sea after the Donbass In fact, Moldova, a part of ancient Bessarabia with Romanian-speaking population, find the entire southern border facing Russia, which already controls almost the entire eastern border thanks to the ghost state of Transnistria, or the strip of territory recognized only by Moscow as an independent state, and which Putin has been using for some time to amass troops and vehicles .
In fact, Minnekayev said Moscow intends to “protect” the “oppressed” Russian-speaking residents of Trans-Istria. But repressed by those who have seen that Russia itself controls the territory and that Moldova has repeatedly reaffirmed its total neutrality in the current scenario. Moreover, its armed forces do not even raise Russian bear eyelashes with the Moldovans, who therefore cannot help but emphasize that they never asked to be part of NATO. Having gained independence following the dissolution of the Soviet Union, Moldova is now feared at the center of Putin’s expansionism, which even stretches back three centuries, to 1700 by Queen Catherine the Great to justify a desire to give back to Mother Russia all the Black Sea shores and while it is there, other areas. The Russian leader soberly quoted the Queen’s time and concluded one of the last public speeches with the sentence: “As long as I live, I will defend my homeland with my language, with my pen and with my sword.”
After the probable fall of Mariupol, Odessa remains the city most at risk of surrender. Russian troops have already been mobilized Transnistria.
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Where is Transnistria located?
Transnistria is the strip of land that acts as a “buffer” between Moldova and Ukraine. Its southern border is a few kilometers west of Odessa. Although officially part of Moldova, it is an unrecognized state that remained loyal to Russia after the dissolution of the USSR. It has a population of just 300,000 and an armed force of around 1,500.
The strategic importance
Transnistria is not only home to Putin’s troops, but is also a Moscow arms depot. Their strategic position has been the subject of the attention of war analysts since the beginning of the invasion. It’s the perfect stepping stone to get to Odessa, which is still (almost) pristine from the war today.
What works
The Russians began to mobilize units in Transnistria for actions in Ukraine. This was announced by the General Staff of Kyiv, reports Ukrainska Pravda. “Work has been intensified to mobilize Russian troop units stationed on the territory of the Transnistrian region of Moldova to carry out provocations and hold demonstrations on the border with Ukraine,” the General Staff said, emphasizing that the troop movements are aimed at this to give “a demonstration of readiness for an offensive and possible hostility towards Ukraine”.
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