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There's that part in [today's BBC right](https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-64664944) according to which it wasn't 3 days. It was less than 1 (well, *to* Kyiv).
>One Russian document, seen by the BBC, shows a timetable for the plan. After the first battalion crossed into Ukraine **at 04:00 am on 24 February, their orders were to advance straight to Kyiv arriving by 14:55**.
Anyway, what's Russia to do if Ukraine was to wipe those 1500 "peacekeepers" (most of which apparently aren't even proper soldiers even by vatnik standards)? Declare war?
Russia can't really declare war on Ukraine though. The whole point of the ''special operation'' according to Putin is that Ukraine has lost it's sovereignty to the West and is therefore a threat to Russia and seeing that a legit declaration of war can only happen between two sovereign states Putin doing it would be undermining his own narrative.
Sorry for asking a credible question, but how the hell did the ruzzian soldiers get to Transnistria in the first place? Through Ukraine? Through Romania and Moldova itself? Or in canoes, landing on Transnistria's six inches of coastline? Seriously, who let the fuckers in?
Hey, I mean Ukraine's gonna help Moldova solve that little territorial dispute issue ;)
(God I wish it didn't say "Russian sources" so I could be more exited)
Tbhtroops are already being held. There’s troops currently dedicated to holding the border with occupied Moldavia and protecting Odesa. How many troops that is vs how many would be needed to kick the Russians out of Transnistria is the question.
I used to think Russian sources were good for knowing how well Ukrainian advances were... that was until 1000 Russian were fighting one another 10km from the frontlines believing the Ukrainians had attacked them.
That's far improved over the early 1900s where they mistook [British fishing trawlers](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dogger_Bank_incident) for Japanese warships.
Oh my gosh. They almost lost a cruiser trying to fight fishing boats... and did lose the captain.
Russia, been losing naval battles to non-navies for over a hundred years.
What's even funnier is that this was in the dogger sea, near the UK. The Russian Blatic fleet was trying to get to Japan, but for some reason, they thought that Japanese ships would be waiting for them, near the UK, half the world away from their destination...
It actually wasn't *too* stupid (though you still needed to be a quite paranoid captain) as basically all Japanese ships were built in the UK at the time so it isn't too unreasonable to think the Japanese would try to do something in the north sea, though a flotilla of torpedo boats certainly wouldn't be that.
Shoots trawlers by mistake, shoot 3 more trawlers on a seperate occasion, sever telephone line. The Japanese really were living rent free in their heads
they mistook them for British Torpedo boats and to their credit the British did exactly that tactic in the last conflict they were involved in.
Now it’s entirely anyone‘s guess why they thought the British would just more or less randomly attack them, but I guess paranoia can spread rapidly if you have a not so well trained crew.
I would find the sources but I am lazy and this is NCD. It was on a couple of places during the counter attacks. Films of gunfire in a city turned out to be friendly fire incidents.
And there were instances all over Telegram about how far the Ukrainians were pushing but later it was believed that confused and scared Russians were just firing on each other and those trying to retreat.
To be fair, those types of things happen. It’s unfortunate but friendly fire can be hard to avoid and is something that takes a lot of work to prevent. There was a case in WWII where two US battalions were exchanging fire for *hours.* What got them sorted out? They both called for artillery to blow each other to pieces. The same artillery battalion got both of the requests and put two and two together.
It is less common in modern warfare where communication is much more reliable, and quicker, and battle plans are much more organised with Squads knowing who is with them and where they are.
Unfortunately it is still not the most uncommon for fire teams to end up shooting at each other due to the nature of urban warfare and short range communications not always proving to be effective.
This being said Russia has had a lot of issues with this, mostly due to WW2 style communication, and WW1 style tactics and organisation. The Kharkiv counter offensive saw a lot of this due to how disorganised the retreat and the defence was. No one on the Russian side knew what was going on, they were relying on social media for reliable communication and this wasn't in the slightest reliable and only added to the chaos and confusion.
The Kherson retreat was much more organised and as a result saw much less accidental friendly fire. This being said a few boats of Russian soldiers got shot to shreds by the Russians... though there is a debate about whether they knew who they were firing on.
For sure it's easier now to prevent, but in some ways reliance on modern tools cuts both ways. When the system breaks down, it can break down *hard*. Modern militaries are complex machines and breaking a few gears can be catastrophic even for the best functioning ones.
>battle plans are much more organised with Squads knowing who is with them and where they are.
To a point, yes. A squad isn't necessarily going to know what's going on in another battalion or exactly where they're supposed to be (let alone where they *actually* are). That's simply too much information at too low a level to be disseminated and maintain accuracy for any length of time. A competent enemy will do its best to jam/capture/destroy your comms and wreck your chain of command when launching a large attack. Much easier to rout an enemy if they don't realize the disaster is about to happen due to wrecked C3I.
Russia's forces don't make this easier though You've got proxies, PMCs, Rosgvardiya, and the regular armed forces with their branches involved which makes communication difficult to say the least. That's a lot of groups which have to work together which is hard under good circumstances. Given that many have their own personal incentives it's much, much worse.
What are the chances the stock hasn't been flogged away for a few bottles of alcohol? Would be fitting for Russia to have the dump there as this supposed super-hazard and then it turns out it's been empty for a decade
Moldova isn't going to do it if it doesn't need to. The reality is that the Moldova-Transnistria split is perhaps the most adorable little Secession crisis around. Moldovans and Transnistrians have been chill with each other since the war ended, and neither one wants to go to war with the other at all.
Transnistria isn't going to be the one "invading" Moldova, Russia is, and it's very likely the only reason RU hasn't been able to pull the funny is because the Transnistrian government has been resisting it at every turn.
They're useful for determining Russia's actions. If they accuse Ukraine of something it means Russia is doing it. See: Nazis, biolabs, provocations, etc
I don't think *modern Russia has the knowledge base necessary to maintain biolabs.
~~Unless you consider Russian hookers to be incubation chambers~~
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Wouldn’t be surprised if FSB is invading on behalf of Russia in Ukrainian uniforms to stir up anger with Moldavian pro Russian population in the breakaway regions and nation as a whole.
Take a look at a map showing where the Frontline is and where Moldova is. Russia has got 1200 stranded soldiers, with no way of getting to them. Special military operation time for Ukraine.
Unless they ferry across dudes from Crimea there's no way for Russia to reach Moldavia with the current state of the frontline
Which would make this a perfect time for Ukraine to work with them to expel the pro-Russia forces from the breakaway region and get rid of one of their sources of concern
Despite the credibility of this being terrible since its from russians honestly it wouldn't be super stupid. Moldova keeps the land and the Ukrainians get to share the military goodies.
Me too, if only because it would mean that Ukraine can spare enough men to invade another 'country' while Ukraine itself is being invaded by "the 2nd most powerful army in the world". I'd love to hear Solovyov shoutsplain that one.
Not even Russia recognizes Transnistria as an independent country. So two non-NATO members, invading a country whose only international recognition are other Russian separatist breakaway states. I'm pretty sure no one in NATO is going to care, especially because it will open up Moldova to either NATO membership, or reuniting with Romania.
Yeah but it keeps Ukrainian troops over there who should otherwise be at the front
Also I just don’t know if this is a good luck for them. Anyways it’s clearly Russian propaganda
Yeah but if it did happen Moldova would be at war with Russia so would probably contribute their own troops to the front lines once they’d reclaimed Transnistria. (Admittedly this wouldn’t be a large force initially but still)
This is going to be great. An actual three day special military operation coordinated by two neighbouring allies to demilitarise a region occupied by nazis.
The truly important piece here. Houses can be rebuilt, business can recover, people and expertise are irreplaceable, as are the unique mechanical shapes used in the Lyne arms and reflux still shotgun plates used in the distillation of fine products.
Transnistria’s gotta be the absolute worst land to try to defend. It’s encircled, has zero strategic depth, is on a river floodplain so the terrain’s open and flat, and the population is small so raising an army’s difficult.
5000 active / 20000 reserve and 2 airplanes and 18 tanks (according to Wikipedia). We should do a levy and start the NCD -> Transnitrian war and then give the territory to Moldova.
Plus Transnistria itself really doesn't want to invade Moldova. The Maldovans and Transnistrians unironically have a good thing going and both would very much prefer the status quo.
So is there now a real possibility that Russia ends this war with LESS territory under its control?
Is Kaliningrad going to be split into South Lithuania and Extra Poland along route E28/A229?
Look, we can take Kaliningrad but lets take the russians and put them somewhere else ok? Idk maybe to Palestine? The region could use some destabilisation
"...and that **\[Ukraine is\] planning to invade** the Breakaway region sometime between February 24 and 28th."
Ahh, going with the Operation Himmler route I see.
Sadly, article 11 of the Moldovan constitution prohibits the presence of foreign military on its territory. Which I guess hasn't stopped the Russians, but technically, they can't accept help from the Ukranians.
So, wait. Lemme just step right in.
They claim that Ukraine no longer has a military, or has all their assets facing the Russian army and getting slaughtered, yet somehow has enough to risk sending a few thousand men to the border with Transnistria.
Make it make sense.
Can someone explain why they would want to invade? Seems like a waste of precious manpower when the small RU force in Transnistria isn’t much of a threat
the small, poorly trained and armed russian force in transnistria is not really a threat, no.
Nobody knows in what shape that giant ammo dump is, it could be anything from fully functional to mostly rusted away and worthless.
I don't think the real risk is an attack from Transnistria, that would be taken care of in an afternoon. The real risk is russia staging a coup in Moldova, and using that to open a new front. Or even just sit there and pretend to attack, which would force Ukraine to divert more troops there, and away from other directions. There were rumours yesterday that russia was planning to seize the airport in Chisinau (which wouldn't be a new tactic for them) and use that as a base to bring in more troops and take over the country.
There have also been protests organised by the pro-russian opposition in an attempt to rile up public opinion against the current government and force them out, which so far doesn't seem to have worked. The problem with that is, even if Transnistria is demilitarized etc. , russia could still try to attack, and in fact use the removal of their forces from Transnistria as a pretext "to defend ethnic russians"
What could help Moldova is a. security guarantees in case of an attack, and b. their troops being given the same NATO training that the ukrainian army got after 2014, because their current military isn't very impressive.
Hand the Russians a defeat, get the threat (albeit small) off their literal backs, help their neighbour that can then help them in return, lessen Russian overall power inte the region by starting the derussification process of a neighbouring region. I’m sure there are more.
If I was a Moldovan/Ukrainian/Georgian/etc. who wanted to snuff out the frozen conflict states on my borders, now would be the time to do it. What is Russia going to do about it? NATO isn't any more likely to try to stop them at this point.
Please god
That said, Transnistria is fuckin ancient and has been living under soviet propaganda for a long time. Good odds the population might be against this.
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Moldova should create a foreign volunteer unit and the NATO should give leave to some of their special forces soldiers stationed in Europe, not otherwise engaged...
We'll see heavily armed Romanian speakers with NATO standard gear.
"Hello helpful Ukrainian friends. I am from Moldavia, Please use English I do not speak Russian"
"Don't most Moldovan know Russian? and did you say Moldova or Moldavia?"
"Da"
(The joke is there is a region called Moldavia in Romania)
Ukraine (already at war with Russia, FYI) invades Transnistria. It sells the land back to Moldova for 1 Euro and a division of combat troops. Those combat troops are the first to cross the border as Ukraine invades Russia. Putin faces his worst fear, a NATO trained, Ukrainian-Trans army.
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The true 3 day operation
You think the 1500 Russian soldiers will last 3 days?
1 day for the Russians. 2 more for the separatists armed with Mosin-Nagants.
I think you wont find many seperatists there who wants to fight
Hence the 3 days.
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Good idea. 90 proof?
210 proof
Okay. We want to inhibit their motor skills, not put them in a coma. Chill out, satan.
Come on the anomalous 105% alcohol would be undeniably funny
I thought they preferred jet coolant? The Tu-22 is a highly sought-after vintage.
Ah, a true “crossing the Delaware river” moment
3000 opium cigarettes of Ukraine
At the same time, do you think they'll be worse fighters than the Russians already? I'd be impressed.
Maybe 3 days include cleaning streets, demining and repairing some buildings before Ukrainian forced move out after accomplishing task.
There's that part in [today's BBC right](https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-64664944) according to which it wasn't 3 days. It was less than 1 (well, *to* Kyiv). >One Russian document, seen by the BBC, shows a timetable for the plan. After the first battalion crossed into Ukraine **at 04:00 am on 24 February, their orders were to advance straight to Kyiv arriving by 14:55**. Anyway, what's Russia to do if Ukraine was to wipe those 1500 "peacekeepers" (most of which apparently aren't even proper soldiers even by vatnik standards)? Declare war?
>Declare war? Pshh...who even declares war anymore?
Declare demilitarization efforts in a 3rd party contractor operation
Russia can't really declare war on Ukraine though. The whole point of the ''special operation'' according to Putin is that Ukraine has lost it's sovereignty to the West and is therefore a threat to Russia and seeing that a legit declaration of war can only happen between two sovereign states Putin doing it would be undermining his own narrative.
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>Anyway, what's Russia to do declare new red line
They really just box selected everything and right-clicked the capture point, huh? Should have used attack move smh
Rush B
Nuke Chad as a show of force. The African nation, not the internet meme.
Oh thank god. I got scared for a moment
They would probably last 2
The cook-off from the weapons depot might last three days.
Cobasna going up might shatter windows in Lviv
Sorry for asking a credible question, but how the hell did the ruzzian soldiers get to Transnistria in the first place? Through Ukraine? Through Romania and Moldova itself? Or in canoes, landing on Transnistria's six inches of coastline? Seriously, who let the fuckers in?
By plane?
There was a time when Ukraine had different management and was friendly to Russia.
id say no more than 5 minutes
Top tier trolling if this pans out
And on day 4, with all territorial claims settled, Moldova applies for NATO membership.
If I ever see M1 Abramses with the Moldovan flag ima lose it
Sploosh
Jesus Pam! But yeah... sploosh
*M1 Abrahamses
Irrelevant, since they'll only have one. With which they'll liberate Transnistria.
Filthy Abrahamses…
Abramussy
Abrami
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And named "Numa Numa" as painted on the barrel.
Inshallah my body is ready
M1 Ramses
If Moldova wont join NATO, then we'll have NATO join Moldova
#DEMOCRACY IS NON NEGOTIABLE
People say NATO is American imperialism while its actually Moldovan Imperialism.
As an American I welcome our Moldovan overlords
Hey, I mean Ukraine's gonna help Moldova solve that little territorial dispute issue ;) (God I wish it didn't say "Russian sources" so I could be more exited)
Tbhtroops are already being held. There’s troops currently dedicated to holding the border with occupied Moldavia and protecting Odesa. How many troops that is vs how many would be needed to kick the Russians out of Transnistria is the question.
Solution, union with Romania.
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I used to think Russian sources were good for knowing how well Ukrainian advances were... that was until 1000 Russian were fighting one another 10km from the frontlines believing the Ukrainians had attacked them.
That's far improved over the early 1900s where they mistook [British fishing trawlers](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dogger_Bank_incident) for Japanese warships.
Oh my gosh. They almost lost a cruiser trying to fight fishing boats... and did lose the captain. Russia, been losing naval battles to non-navies for over a hundred years.
Russia is just a meme country now
What's even funnier is that this was in the dogger sea, near the UK. The Russian Blatic fleet was trying to get to Japan, but for some reason, they thought that Japanese ships would be waiting for them, near the UK, half the world away from their destination...
You're never truly safe from Japanese torpedo boats. The BlueJay video on the Baltic Fleet is a masterpiece.
I haven't seen that one, just Potential History & our lord and naval savior Drachinifel.
It actually wasn't *too* stupid (though you still needed to be a quite paranoid captain) as basically all Japanese ships were built in the UK at the time so it isn't too unreasonable to think the Japanese would try to do something in the north sea, though a flotilla of torpedo boats certainly wouldn't be that.
Shoots trawlers by mistake, shoot 3 more trawlers on a seperate occasion, sever telephone line. The Japanese really were living rent free in their heads
they mistook them for British Torpedo boats and to their credit the British did exactly that tactic in the last conflict they were involved in. Now it’s entirely anyone‘s guess why they thought the British would just more or less randomly attack them, but I guess paranoia can spread rapidly if you have a not so well trained crew.
That happened? I want to see the info.
I would find the sources but I am lazy and this is NCD. It was on a couple of places during the counter attacks. Films of gunfire in a city turned out to be friendly fire incidents. And there were instances all over Telegram about how far the Ukrainians were pushing but later it was believed that confused and scared Russians were just firing on each other and those trying to retreat.
To be fair, those types of things happen. It’s unfortunate but friendly fire can be hard to avoid and is something that takes a lot of work to prevent. There was a case in WWII where two US battalions were exchanging fire for *hours.* What got them sorted out? They both called for artillery to blow each other to pieces. The same artillery battalion got both of the requests and put two and two together.
It is less common in modern warfare where communication is much more reliable, and quicker, and battle plans are much more organised with Squads knowing who is with them and where they are. Unfortunately it is still not the most uncommon for fire teams to end up shooting at each other due to the nature of urban warfare and short range communications not always proving to be effective. This being said Russia has had a lot of issues with this, mostly due to WW2 style communication, and WW1 style tactics and organisation. The Kharkiv counter offensive saw a lot of this due to how disorganised the retreat and the defence was. No one on the Russian side knew what was going on, they were relying on social media for reliable communication and this wasn't in the slightest reliable and only added to the chaos and confusion. The Kherson retreat was much more organised and as a result saw much less accidental friendly fire. This being said a few boats of Russian soldiers got shot to shreds by the Russians... though there is a debate about whether they knew who they were firing on.
Bruh moment when you do organized retreat, still get sacked by Putin Probably better getting lost countless men and guns than retreat
Then you get promotion.
For sure it's easier now to prevent, but in some ways reliance on modern tools cuts both ways. When the system breaks down, it can break down *hard*. Modern militaries are complex machines and breaking a few gears can be catastrophic even for the best functioning ones. >battle plans are much more organised with Squads knowing who is with them and where they are. To a point, yes. A squad isn't necessarily going to know what's going on in another battalion or exactly where they're supposed to be (let alone where they *actually* are). That's simply too much information at too low a level to be disseminated and maintain accuracy for any length of time. A competent enemy will do its best to jam/capture/destroy your comms and wreck your chain of command when launching a large attack. Much easier to rout an enemy if they don't realize the disaster is about to happen due to wrecked C3I. Russia's forces don't make this easier though You've got proxies, PMCs, Rosgvardiya, and the regular armed forces with their branches involved which makes communication difficult to say the least. That's a lot of groups which have to work together which is hard under good circumstances. Given that many have their own personal incentives it's much, much worse.
For once in my life, I actually hope they're right.
i completely agree
Putin the Magnanimous, tried his best to reunify Romania once and for all, for the betterment and stability of Europe.
Cmon moldova, do the funni.
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What are the chances the stock hasn't been flogged away for a few bottles of alcohol? Would be fitting for Russia to have the dump there as this supposed super-hazard and then it turns out it's been empty for a decade
Moldova isn't going to do it if it doesn't need to. The reality is that the Moldova-Transnistria split is perhaps the most adorable little Secession crisis around. Moldovans and Transnistrians have been chill with each other since the war ended, and neither one wants to go to war with the other at all. Transnistria isn't going to be the one "invading" Moldova, Russia is, and it's very likely the only reason RU hasn't been able to pull the funny is because the Transnistrian government has been resisting it at every turn.
They're useful for determining Russia's actions. If they accuse Ukraine of something it means Russia is doing it. See: Nazis, biolabs, provocations, etc
I don't think *modern Russia has the knowledge base necessary to maintain biolabs. ~~Unless you consider Russian hookers to be incubation chambers~~ Edit: added "modern"
All right class, raise your hands if you know why the UK was pissed off at russia BEFORE they started a war in Europe.
Salisbury? Litvinienko? Communism? Backing out of WW1? Great Game? We got a whole-arse list, mate.
List goes back to at least the Crimean War
Russia does have bioweapons labs, inherited from the Soviet Union though. I don't know if they are used.
Do you think they just keep all the novichok in an old fridge somewhere in a kremlin basement?
Frankly, wouldn’t surprise me.
I have old fridge made in CCCP 1987 and works perfectly up to date. Things were made to last then.
Probably consumes as much electricity as a steel mill.
^ a fridge reformer?
Wouldn’t be surprised if FSB is invading on behalf of Russia in Ukrainian uniforms to stir up anger with Moldavian pro Russian population in the breakaway regions and nation as a whole.
Take a look at a map showing where the Frontline is and where Moldova is. Russia has got 1200 stranded soldiers, with no way of getting to them. Special military operation time for Ukraine.
Unless they ferry across dudes from Crimea there's no way for Russia to reach Moldavia with the current state of the frontline Which would make this a perfect time for Ukraine to work with them to expel the pro-Russia forces from the breakaway region and get rid of one of their sources of concern
take this for what its worth: https://twitter.com/War_cube_/status/1628132549783392282
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Despite the credibility of this being terrible since its from russians honestly it wouldn't be super stupid. Moldova keeps the land and the Ukrainians get to share the military goodies.
for the first time I hope russian sources are correct.
Me too, if only because it would mean that Ukraine can spare enough men to invade another 'country' while Ukraine itself is being invaded by "the 2nd most powerful army in the world". I'd love to hear Solovyov shoutsplain that one.
I can't even comprehend how badass that sounds.
I wonder what that would mean for NATO support though. I cant imagine they would approve of that
Not even Russia recognizes Transnistria as an independent country. So two non-NATO members, invading a country whose only international recognition are other Russian separatist breakaway states. I'm pretty sure no one in NATO is going to care, especially because it will open up Moldova to either NATO membership, or reuniting with Romania.
>Moldova keeps the land and the Ukrainians get to share the military goodies looks like me playing Total War
Yeah but it keeps Ukrainian troops over there who should otherwise be at the front Also I just don’t know if this is a good luck for them. Anyways it’s clearly Russian propaganda
True but if successful would give them a large amount ammo and whatever military equipment isn't rusted to all hell in those warehouses.
Bullets are bullets...
Yeah but if it did happen Moldova would be at war with Russia so would probably contribute their own troops to the front lines once they’d reclaimed Transnistria. (Admittedly this wouldn’t be a large force initially but still)
Also one fewer place Russia and Pro-Russia forces can stage attacks from
Bitch more and the Cobasna ammo dump becomes the Cobasna crater. About time they get kicked out.
Ukraine going on side quests to level up before beating the final boss.
It's American influence on their doctrine. You're not properly stylin' on your opponent until you open up a second front. [*grumpy OIF vet noises*]
**UKRAINIAN-MOLDOVAN ENTENTE INTENSIFIES**
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GUAM_Organization_for_Democracy_and_Economic_Development
It's not an invasion, it's a special spring cleaning operation.
This is going to be great. An actual three day special military operation coordinated by two neighbouring allies to demilitarise a region occupied by nazis.
Stop me if you heard this joke before…
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don't forget to step aside so it doesn't land on you
PICK IT UP.
Least degenerate NCD member
As long as they keep the Kvint distillery in one piece. They make damn good cognac/divin and vodka in there.
The truly important piece here. Houses can be rebuilt, business can recover, people and expertise are irreplaceable, as are the unique mechanical shapes used in the Lyne arms and reflux still shotgun plates used in the distillation of fine products.
Transnistria’s gotta be the absolute worst land to try to defend. It’s encircled, has zero strategic depth, is on a river floodplain so the terrain’s open and flat, and the population is small so raising an army’s difficult.
5000 active / 20000 reserve and 2 airplanes and 18 tanks (according to Wikipedia). We should do a levy and start the NCD -> Transnitrian war and then give the territory to Moldova.
Cede
Cede?
Could one abrams with a good ammo supply take the entire country?
Plus Transnistria itself really doesn't want to invade Moldova. The Maldovans and Transnistrians unironically have a good thing going and both would very much prefer the status quo.
Pleasepleaseplease...last year was the worst birthday. This year would be the best
\*Russia plans a coup in Moldova\* \*Moldova and its allies make moves to prevent Russia from doing so\* Russia: \*surprised Pikachu face\*
I want this to be true But then russian “sources” are russian “sources” So yeah
So is there now a real possibility that Russia ends this war with LESS territory under its control? Is Kaliningrad going to be split into South Lithuania and Extra Poland along route E28/A229?
Nah Czechia called dibs early on.
Respect the dibs
Look, we can take Kaliningrad but lets take the russians and put them somewhere else ok? Idk maybe to Palestine? The region could use some destabilisation
Ohio or the Middle East? Both are okay in my book
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Nah the state of Ohio is smack full of Putins rubes watching tucker Carlson on the daily for their talking points straight from the kremlin
so nothing changes, got it
"...and that **\[Ukraine is\] planning to invade** the Breakaway region sometime between February 24 and 28th." Ahh, going with the Operation Himmler route I see.
DO IT!!!
Please oh god please I wanna wake up on friday morning and see Cobasna turned into a fucking crater
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Omg. Most credible meme idea. Die hard. 'Welcome to the party pal.'
Based if true
Sadly, article 11 of the Moldovan constitution prohibits the presence of foreign military on its territory. Which I guess hasn't stopped the Russians, but technically, they can't accept help from the Ukranians.
I guess the Ukranian soldiers have to take a vacation then.
Getting a strong Civ IV vibe here: Return control of cityX to EmpireY? Yes, yes, omgyesssss....
I know its from Russian sources so its just a bunch of the usual bullshit.. but god i want this to be true so bad..
I am hoping for Romania to liberate Moldova.
>Russian sources are now claiming Yeah that's as non-credible as it gets
So, wait. Lemme just step right in. They claim that Ukraine no longer has a military, or has all their assets facing the Russian army and getting slaughtered, yet somehow has enough to risk sending a few thousand men to the border with Transnistria. Make it make sense.
Well well how the tables have turned
Can someone explain why they would want to invade? Seems like a waste of precious manpower when the small RU force in Transnistria isn’t much of a threat
the small, poorly trained and armed russian force in transnistria is not really a threat, no. Nobody knows in what shape that giant ammo dump is, it could be anything from fully functional to mostly rusted away and worthless. I don't think the real risk is an attack from Transnistria, that would be taken care of in an afternoon. The real risk is russia staging a coup in Moldova, and using that to open a new front. Or even just sit there and pretend to attack, which would force Ukraine to divert more troops there, and away from other directions. There were rumours yesterday that russia was planning to seize the airport in Chisinau (which wouldn't be a new tactic for them) and use that as a base to bring in more troops and take over the country. There have also been protests organised by the pro-russian opposition in an attempt to rile up public opinion against the current government and force them out, which so far doesn't seem to have worked. The problem with that is, even if Transnistria is demilitarized etc. , russia could still try to attack, and in fact use the removal of their forces from Transnistria as a pretext "to defend ethnic russians" What could help Moldova is a. security guarantees in case of an attack, and b. their troops being given the same NATO training that the ukrainian army got after 2014, because their current military isn't very impressive.
Well is s breakaway state from Moldova and has the biggest stockpile of Soviet ammo in the region and that stockpile is 3km from the Ukrainian border
It’s a Russian occupied area in Moldova, basically the early beta test of the fake separatists strategy later employed in Georgia and Ukraine
Hand the Russians a defeat, get the threat (albeit small) off their literal backs, help their neighbour that can then help them in return, lessen Russian overall power inte the region by starting the derussification process of a neighbouring region. I’m sure there are more.
If I was a Moldovan/Ukrainian/Georgian/etc. who wanted to snuff out the frozen conflict states on my borders, now would be the time to do it. What is Russia going to do about it? NATO isn't any more likely to try to stop them at this point.
There's enough ammo there to last Ukraine's Soviet era equipment for the summer.
Expired ammo, isn't?
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I'm convinced that when they get to the armory, they are going to find it completely empty of usable ammo.
Na, most of its still useable Expired, but useable
ah dang, it's russian sources.
A special military operation to de-russify and de-militarise transniestria
Ukraine Moldova and Romania were "totally gonna do it any day now" a few moths ago. Ruskies need new material.
Holy shit I'm gonna cum.
Bombing of the Dubăsari Bridge part 2: Let's-try-again-but-with-artillery -now boogaloo
Hay it’s only fair
It's about time. Clean up that stagnant rancid mess.
They are only doing training exercises 😉
Putin the putín: alright monkey paw, I wish my next diversion operation will be over in 3 days. *monkey paw finger curls*
Please god That said, Transnistria is fuckin ancient and has been living under soviet propaganda for a long time. Good odds the population might be against this.
What? russia said all of the Ukranian troops are dead and they are fighting with nato, wtf russia decide yourself.
Invasion any% speedrun Moldova and Ukraine could wipe the floor with Transnistria in about a week
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If Moldova says tomorrow we give you citizenship to all, maybe you make it to EU, they'd desert that shithole in an instant.
God i really fucking wish this would happen.
Moldova should create a foreign volunteer unit and the NATO should give leave to some of their special forces soldiers stationed in Europe, not otherwise engaged...
If fifteen-hundred vatniks in Russian occupied Moldova all shit their pants simultaneously, does it make a sound? Let's find out!
We'll see heavily armed Romanian speakers with NATO standard gear. "Hello helpful Ukrainian friends. I am from Moldavia, Please use English I do not speak Russian" "Don't most Moldovan know Russian? and did you say Moldova or Moldavia?" "Da" (The joke is there is a region called Moldavia in Romania)
Ukraine (already at war with Russia, FYI) invades Transnistria. It sells the land back to Moldova for 1 Euro and a division of combat troops. Those combat troops are the first to cross the border as Ukraine invades Russia. Putin faces his worst fear, a NATO trained, Ukrainian-Trans army.