However, Moscow says Ukraine and its Western allies are instigating tensions in Moldova, with the aim of creating a pretext to attack its troops in Transnistria
Senior Ukrainian officials are warning that Russia is intent on destabilizing neighbouring Moldova with the aim of creating a new front for both Ukraine and its allies in the West to worry about.
The situation in Moldova is made additionally fraught by the presence of 1,000 to 2,000 Russian troops who have been deployed in the country’s eastern Transnistria region since a conflict in the early 1990s.
“The Russian Federation is implementing a project right now called ‘Moldova,’” Mr. Danilov said. “Russia has a desire to create one more point of tension, destabilization, to distract our forces and make them pay attention to this territory, to this issue.”It’s unclear how Russia would send additional troops to Moldova given that the country is wedged between Ukraine – which has proven itself adept at shooting Russian warplanes out of the sky – and Romania, a member of NATO.
“They are trying to distract Europe by creating another unstable region, to make them so scared that Europe will say: ‘The war in Ukraine must stop immediately because it’s spreading chaos,’” Mr. Podolyak said. “This is the dream of Putin, because what he urgently needs is a ceasefire that freezes the front line in the occupied territories.”
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