Russia begins moving troops into eastern Ukraine

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(03-02-2022, 11:46 AM)samhain Wrote: Well, that sucks.

(03-02-2022, 11:55 AM)CKwi88 Wrote: Not sure I'd equate Transnistria's Moscow position with Moldova as a whole. Moldova does seem like a likely next target as Russia has largely followed the same playbook as Ukraine: back separatists and then use that as an excuse for a larger offensive. 

(03-02-2022, 12:03 PM)Au165 Wrote: They are actually very similar to Ukraine, the government isn't Russian friendly but they have a section that is Russian "friendly" (Tiraspol) that Russia would love to use the same pretext to invade that they did in Ukraine. 

I stand corrected. CKwi88 and AU165 are correct. Transnistria has a separatist movement which has allowed Russian troops to enter there.