The Kremlin stepped up information preparations for a possible operation under a false flag in the Russian-occupied Moldovan Transnistria. This is stated in the report of the Institute for the Study of War (ISW).

We are talking about the fact that the Russian Ministry of Defense on February 23 made the second statement that Ukrainian troops will intensify preparations for the invasion of Transnistria, after the first such statement made earlier that day.. The MoD emphasized that the declared Ukrainian plan poses a significant threat to the Russian peacekeeping contingent in Transnistria and that Russia will consider any action that threatens the security of Transnistria as an attack on Russia.

“The Kremlin may pursue the goal of destabilizing Moldova. Some Russian milbloggers have stepped up the Kremlin's rhetoric, claiming that the situation along the Ukraine-Transnistria border is becoming increasingly tense.. On February 24, Moldovan officials continued to deny the Russian claims, characterizing them as "

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On February 13, Moldovan President Maia Sandu announced that Russia plans to seize government buildings and change power in the country. A few days earlier, President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky, speaking at a meeting of the European Council in Brussels, said that he had informed Maia Sandu that Ukrainian intelligence had managed to intercept a detailed Russian plan to destabilize the political situation in Moldova..

Why did the Moldovan authorities face the threat of Russia implementing a special operation to destabilize the country. How Chisinau reacts to risks and what Moldova needs to do for its own security, Vladimir Kravchenko tells in the article "