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Glorious bastard

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8. Moldova cannot touch the 1500+ Russian troops stationed in Transnistria.

Reply to maxsolomon (Reply #6)

Mon Sep 29, 2025, 07:14 PM

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It will create an excuse for Russia to declare war on Moldova (Russia has a defense pact with Transnistria which it recognizes as an independent state). Nor is Moldova likely to take back Transnistria by military force.

But as a political pushback against Russia’s imperial ambitions, the current developments in Moldova render the country increasingly unlikely to be wholly occupied by Russia, which was Putin’s plan all along.

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