This is the text message received by the residents of the Russian-speaking Moldovan minority: “Whoever does not flee is a deserter”. Possible move to trigger an intervention
TIRASPOL. “Dear residents of the Moldovan Republic of Pridnestrovia, the Security Service of Ukraine strongly recommends evacuating the civilian population to safer regions. We assure you that the Ukrainian armed forces will not attack the civilian population. However, the people left in the cities will be considered part of the sabotage groups and will be eliminated without warning. The Ukrainian Armed Forces will allow civilians to evacuate until 19:00 this evening. Exactly at 19:00 bombings with rockets and heavy artillery will be carried out on military structures active on the territory of the Republic ». This is the message, promptly denied by the Ukrainian government, that thousands of Transnistrian citizens have been delivered to their mobile phones in the last few hours. The SMS, considered credible by many, has added a further wave of chaos in a region that in the last 72 hours has seen hundreds of families abandon their families and flee towards Chisinau: in this sense, the long lines at military checkpoints continue. towards Moldova, especially after the intensification of border controls ordered by local authorities.
The fear, more and more pressing, is that the attacks recorded around Tiraspol between Monday and Wednesday are in fact the prelude to the arrival in Transnistria of a new Russian military contingent, which would add to the more than 1,500 Moscow soldiers already present in the territory. and to the army of Transnistria, which can count on 10,000 soldiers and 15,000 reservists. Many in the Transnistrian capital are actually convinced that a group of at least a thousand soldiers has already reached Tiraspol in the last 72 hours. “They are ready to attack at any moment – a source very close to a Russian army soldier stationed in Transnistria told La Stampa – they remain on total alert, have their permits suspended and are verifying the functioning of the armaments of Cobasna, 20,000 tons of dated but perfectly functional ammunition ».
Behind the official objective of defending the Russian-speaking minority present in Moldova, the intention to open a new front of attack towards Odessa, which would thus remain exposed on the western front, could be hidden. The missiles which, according to reports by Sergey Bratchuk, spokesman for the Odessa regional military administration, heavily damaged the bridge over the estuary of the Dniester River yesterday, suggest that Moscow is trying to isolate Odessa from any connection with Moldova. In addition, the attack on the railway bridge cuts the last route completely controlled by Ukraine in the direction of the ports on the Danube, a route that was considered by Kiev as essential for exports of grain and metal, given the impossibility of heading to the cities. besieged on the Black Sea.
“There it is clear that what is happening in Transnistria constitutes another step in the Russian military strategy – said Ukrainian President Volodymir Zelensky on the sidelines of a meeting with Rafael Grossi, director general of the International Atomic Energy Agency – these are actions carried out ahead of the secret services, not of fake news. The goal is clear: to destabilize the region, so as to threaten Moldova. They want to show that if Chisinau supports Ukraine, action will be taken ”.
Tensions in Transnistria directly increase pressure on Moldova. The Moldovan parliament, which formally requested EU membership on March 3, banned, at the beginning of April, the display of the St. George ribbon, a traditional military symbol of Russian patriotism, usually worn on the anniversary of 9 May, dedicated to the memory of the defeat of Nazi Germany in the Second World War. This is a symbolic measure, but one that directly reflects Moldova’s concern about a possible Russian invasion. The country, militarily neutral by constitution, can count on an army of just 7,000 and would have no chance of defending itself in the event of a possible attack. Also for this reason there are already those who speak of a future, not too distant, which will see a division of the country into two regions, with Moldova which would be dismembered and the new portions of territory annexed by Romania and Russia.
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