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Politico reports:
U.S. and Ukrainian officials on Sunday discussed the possibility of Russian President Vladimir Putin expanding his invasion from the Donbas region of southeastern Ukraine into the neighboring nation of Moldova — another former Soviet state and non-NATO member in Eastern Europe.
Transdniestria, or Transnistria, is a pro-Russia breakaway region of Moldova, which borders Ukraine to the southwest. Moldova, like Ukraine, was part of the Soviet Union until Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev dissolved the sprawling communist state in 1991.
In an address last Friday, Zelenskyy repeated his warning that Russia’s invasion of Ukraine “was intended only as a beginning,” and that Putin then intends “to capture other countries.”
Read the full article. Moldova, population 2.6 million, is roughly the same size as Maryland.
U.S. and Ukrainian officials discussed the possibility of Russian President Vladimir Putin expanding his invasion of Ukraine into the neighboring nation of Moldova — another former Soviet state and non-NATO member in Eastern Europe. https://t.co/PCpbWpxlAj via @politico
— Quint Forgey (@QuintForgey) April 24, 2022
Moldova summoned Russia's ambassador over the Central Military District head's Transnistria comments
Moldova is feeling acutely threatened and pro-Russian forces inside Moldova, such as Igor Dodon, could complicate matters further
— Samuel Ramani (@SamRamani2) April 22, 2022
So, the Russian war’s new “official” goals:
1. Full control of Donbas
2. A land connection between Russia and Crimea
3. Full control of Southern Ukraine and a land access to the Transnistria (where “Russian-speaking population is being oppressed”)
Code red for Moldova ?— Illia Ponomarenko ?? (@IAPonomarenko) April 22, 2022
Tsargrad TV, which is closely aligned with the Russian Orthodox Church, says that Moldova, Ukraine and Russia are all "one people"
Russia's land bridge to Transnistria is viewed as a key step in this reunification
— Samuel Ramani (@SamRamani2) April 24, 2022
If Ukraine falls, Moldova could easily be Russia’s next target, @JoshRogin writes: https://t.co/pBoYOPfRgn
— Washington Post Opinions (@PostOpinions) April 24, 2022