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Latest news Ukraine

Moldova’s president signs defense agreement with France, warns of Russian threat

After signing a bilateral defense and cooperation agreement with France, Moldova's President Maia Sandu cautions that Russia will pose a threat to the rest of Europe if it prevails in Ukraine.

byYuri Zoria

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Latest news Ukraine

ISW warns of escalating Russian hybrid operations in Moldova ahead of EU accession talks

The operations may target EU accession talks and the 2024 presidential election, according to a new report.

byOlena Mukhina

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Latest news Ukraine

Military: Russian troops stationed in Modova’s Transnistria pose no threat

Ukraine knows the size and composition of Russian forces in Transnistria, which poses no critical threat, says a Ukrainian military spokesperson, dismissing concerns as "information injections."

byYuri Zoria

Putin dusts off Ukraine playbook for Moldova

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Latest news Ukraine

Moldova’s breakaway Transnistria region seeks Russian protection with claims of economic blockade

Transnistria, a separatist region in eastern Moldova, requested Russia to protect it from the economic measures taken by Moldova.

bySerge Havrylets

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International

“MP” says Moldova’s Transnistria may request annexation by Russia; Ukrainian intel deems claim “unconfirmed”

Moldova's Transnistrian politician claims the region's parliament may ask Putin to annex it. Ukraine aims to counter Russia's interference in Moldova as intelligence questions threat.

byYuri Zoria

A coat of arms and a flag of a self-proclaimed pro-Russian republic of Transnistria in Moldova. 25 August 2020.

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Latest news Ukraine

Moldova accuses Russian troops in Transnistria of violations

Moldova accuses Russian peacekeepers in Transnistria of improperly operating drones and weapons during exercises, prompting a pro-Kremlin disinformation campaign claiming Moldova intends Transnistria's forced reintegration, ISW says. Moldova sees the Russian military presence in its territory illegal

byYuri Zoria

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Latest news Ukraine

ISW: Kremlin appears to guide Moldova’s Transnistria moves, laying ground for false flag

"The Kremlin may be instructing actors in the Russian-backed breakaway republic of Transnistria to set information conditions for a possible false-flag operation in Transnistria as part of wider Kremlin efforts to destabilize Moldova," ISW says.

byYuri Zoria

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Latest news Ukraine

Moldova conducts military exercises near Transnistria, adopts a defense strategy, and increases spending

Moldova organized military exercises near the Russian-controlled proxy Transnistria, 22 kilometers from the Ukrainian border.

byBohdan Ben

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Dispatch

Is Moldova the next Ukraine? Nation battles Russian hybrid warfare amid EU bid

Bolstered by moderate victories in recent local elections, a defiant Moldova pushes towards EU integration despite an intensifying Russian hybrid warfare campaign aimed at derailing its Westward momentum.

byThéo Prouvost

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Latest news Ukraine

Ukraine, Moldova to build bridge across the Dniester bypassing occupied Transnistria

Ukraine and Moldova will build a bridge across the Dniester River near the settlements of Yampil (Ukraine's Vinnytsia…

byYuri Zoria

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Latest news Ukraine

Russia lacks sufficient forces to attack Ukraine from Transnistria – NATO Deputy SG

Russia does not currently have sufficient resources to launch an attack against Ukraine from Transnistria, as reported by…

byKate Ryabchiy

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International

Russo-Ukrainian war should doom the “5+2” negotiations on Moldova’s Transnistria

Keeping the 5+2 process alive must be deemed inconceivable after Russia’s re-invasion of Ukraine. Yet, some process-addicted diplomats…

byThe Jamestown Foundation

Latest news Ukraine

Fears of Russian invasion grow in Moldova amid fake bomb threats, Transnistrian statements

A wave of fake reports about mining in the country and statements by the puppet government of the…

byAlya Shandra

Latest news Ukraine

Ukraine ready to help Moldova get rid of Russian occupiers in unrecognized Transnistria

Ukraine is ready to help Moldova get rid of Russian occupiers in unrecognized Transnistria bordering Ukraine, head of…

byBohdan Ben

Latest news Ukraine

Moldova denied rotation of Russian troops in occupied Transnistria

The spokesperson of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Moldova confirmed that “officers of the so-called operational group…

byYuri Zoria

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How to stop Russian aggression in post-Soviet states? | 30 Years of Freedom, p.4

Moldova Unlike most of Moldova, which was part of Romania in the interwar period, Transnistria was an autonomous…

byBohdan Ben

A Russian election advertisement in Transnistria, Moldova (Source: Wikimedia Commons)

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Weak response to Russian Duma elections in Ukraine, Moldova and Georgia

From the standpoint of international law, these territories belong to Moldova, Georgia, and Ukraine, respectively; and their residents…

byThe Jamestown Foundation

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Vitaly Portnikov: Putin as “peacemaker” in Karabakh is a warning signal for Ukraine

Thus, Putin is once again a “peacemaker”. It is not at all difficult to remember what happened in…

byVitaly Portnikov

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War in Donbas

Conflict conservation in Ukraine’s east follows the Transnistria model

Freeze, moreover, implies a natural or spontaneous process; whereas the post-hostilities situation in Transnistria, Abkhazia, and South Ossetia—and…

byThe Jamestown Foundation

Language map of the western part of the Odesa Oblast (province) of Ukraine (Source: Wikipedia)

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Bessarabia’s ‘ethnographic Harlequin’ in a regional perspective

Ukraine’s ethnic-Bulgarian minority is concentrated in the southwestern part of Ukraine’s Odesa province, an area often if somewhat…

byThe Jamestown Foundation