Russia will try to open a new front against Ukraine from Moldovaaccording to Ukrainian military sources quoted by The Times.
A source who spoke to the British newspaper said there was “plenty of evidence” of an attack in the near future on the former Soviet state, which now has just 3,250 troops. A successful occupation of Moldova would lead Russian troops to Odessa from the west.
“We believe that the Kremlin has already made that decision to attack Moldova. The fate of Moldova is very critical. “If the Russians start to take control, we will be, militarily, an easier target and the threat to Ukraine will be real,” a Ukrainian source said.
French and German Foreign Ministers Jean-Yves Le Drian and Analena Burbok respectively expressed their determination last week to support Moldova, in the face of the “risks of destabilization” it faces.
“The ministers discussed the European response in the face of the war in Ukraine “They referred to the continuation and deepening of support for this country,” said a spokeswoman for the French Foreign Ministry.
The principles of its self-appointed pro-Russian democracy Transnistria in Moldova announced last Wednesday that fire had been fired overnight “from the territory of Ukraine” against a village in which there is an ammunition depot of the Russian forces that are deployed in the Moldavian enclave.
These new “incidents” that are added to the “explosions” that have been denounced by the Transnistrian separatist authorities in recent days, maintain the tension and contribute to the creation of a climate that favors the expansion of hostilities. Russian companies in the pro-Russian enclave.
Washington has warned, without naming Russia, of attempts to escalate tensions in Transnistria. “We remain concerned about any attempt to provoke such an attack escalation of tensions“State Department spokesman Ned Price told reporters.
“We do not know all the details. We coordinate with the Moldovan Government’s calls for calm in the face of these events and fully support territorial integrity and sovereignty of Moldova“, He added.
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