by Sam Faddis at AND Magazine
You probably don’t spend a lot of time worrying about Moldova. It is entirely likely you cannot find Moldova on a map. It is a very small country in Eastern Europe and not typically in the headlines.
Unfortunately, for the whole world, though, Moldova is suddenly very important, and what is happening there suggests we continue to stumble down the road to another World War.
The government of Moldova just collapsed. Moldova is Europe’s poorest nation. It was already struggling to deal with political and economic problems before Russia invaded Ukraine, and the war in Ukraine has produced ripple effects that are crushing the nation. Moldova is being hammered by inflation, high energy prices, unemployment, a refugee crisis, and continuing Russian threats of direct intervention.
Two days ago the Russians fired a volley of missiles at Ukraine. They sent those missiles straight through Moldovan airspace without making any pretense of requesting permission or providing notice. The message was clear. Moldova is a small country. Russia will do what it likes, and if the Moldovans don’t like it then the next step might be direct Russian attacks on targets inside Moldova.
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Reports #Russian kalibr cruises missiles, launched from Black Sea, flew over Moldova and NATO member Romania on way to hit targets in #Ukraina
Flying missiles through NATO airspace is a risky move at best
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Moldova shares a 750-mile border with Ukraine. It is already on the precipice. Russian troops occupy Transnistria a disputed border region between Moldova and Ukraine. The threat is not theoretical. It is immediate.
In a stark warning on Thursday,…
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