Ukrainian military personnel plan to carry out a “staged invasion” in Transnistria, informed press service of the Russian Ministry of Defense. The agency monitors what is happening at the border and is ready “to react to any change in the situation”.
“According to available information, in the near future, the Kiev regime is preparing an armed provocation against the Pridnestrovian Moldavian Republic, which will be carried out by units of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, including with the participation of the nationalist formation Azov * ,” the Department of Defense said in a statement.
According to the agency, the Ukrainian side plans to stage an alleged offensive by the Russian army from the territory of Transnistria as a “pretext for invasion”. Ukrainian servicemen participating in the “staged invasion”, explains the Ministry of Defense, will be dressed in the uniform of military personnel of the Russian Armed Forces.
Moscow is closely monitoring the situation on the border between Ukraine and the Pridnestrovian Moldavian Republic and is ready to respond to “any change in the situation”, the ministry added.
In December 2022, the head of the Moldovan Security Council, Alexandru Mustiata, said that Russia was drawing up a plan for a possible attack on Moldova in 2023, but that its implementation depends on the development of hostilities in Ukraine. At the same time, the head of the Security Council did not provide any evidence and facts in favor of the indicated version.
On February 9, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy announced that he had handed Moldovan leader Maia Sandu a “Russian document” with a plan to destabilize the political situation in Moldova. According to Zelenskyy , this document contains information about “who, when and as a result of what actions will break Moldova, the democratic order of this country and establish their control over it.” Oleksiy Danilov, secretary of the National Security and Defense Council (NSDC) of Ukraine, also spoke about the coup allegedly prepared by Russia in Moldova. On February 13, Sandu reported that Chisinau was able to confirm Ukrainian intelligence data that Russia intends to destabilize the political situation in Moldova. The official representative of the Russian Foreign Ministry, Maria Zakharova, in turn called the statements of the President of Moldova “absolutely unfounded and unfounded”. On February 18, the new Prime Minister of Moldova, Presidential Advisor for National Security and Defense Dorin Recean declared TV8.md television channel which Pridnestrovie needs to be demilitarized with the withdrawal of the Russian army, it is also necessary to achieve the economic and social integration of citizens. On February 20, Russian presidential spokesman Dmitry Peskov recommended that the Moldovan authorities be cautious in their assessments of the Transdniestrian settlement and in relation to Russian blue helmets.
* recognized as a terrorist organization in Russia and banned
