Russia’s Foreign Ministry said that Moscow would "consider with attention" the appeal of authorities from the Moscow-controlled Moldovan region of Transnistria for "protection," the Russian state-controlled media RBC wrote on Feb. 28.
It’s not “another few thousands”. Moldova isn’t Ukraine. Moldova basically has no army or gear. They cannot defend themselves and they have no allies to defend them either because of their neutrality clause.
You make it sound so easy but such a nice means moving Russian through Ukraine (= from Ukraine) which will weaken positions in Ukraine where there is a raging war already …
With every fighting soldier, like fx infantry, there are between 2-10 in support, depending if you just count logistics / med or include artillery and similar.
So your 1500 would mean around 500 with long term fighting capability.
Yeah… I think you need to move in some more troops if you expect shit to hit the fan.
Do you want to move those troops through Ukraine or from the sea, right next to Ukraine?
Heard anything special regarding Russian troop transport ships near Ukraine lately?
@Hubi@tal
That’s what people said when there was 135, 000 of them on ‘manouvers’ near Ukraine. Lavrov categorically stated that "We have no intention of invading Ukraine,’ as late as 2 days before they invaded. 200km? They could do that in 2 hours or less, easily. Russia has engineered the situation exactly as they did in Donetsk and Donbass. Their intentions are clear.
Last I checked, the Russian army was about 200 kilometers away from the Moldovan border and it doesn’t look like they’ll get any closer soon.
They have a few thousand troops stationed there.
400000 of them haven’t done much progress the last 2 years so don’t expect another few thousands to be a game changer…
It’s not “another few thousands”. Moldova isn’t Ukraine. Moldova basically has no army or gear. They cannot defend themselves and they have no allies to defend them either because of their neutrality clause.
You make it sound so easy but such a nice means moving Russian through Ukraine (= from Ukraine) which will weaken positions in Ukraine where there is a raging war already …
What? “Transnistria” is right next to Moldova. Those troops do not have to move through Ukraine at all.
How many troops do you actually think Russia have stationed in Transnistria?
No one knows. The most recent estimate I could find was 1000-1500 + gear.
With every fighting soldier, like fx infantry, there are between 2-10 in support, depending if you just count logistics / med or include artillery and similar.
So your 1500 would mean around 500 with long term fighting capability.
Yeah… I think you need to move in some more troops if you expect shit to hit the fan.
Do you want to move those troops through Ukraine or from the sea, right next to Ukraine?
Heard anything special regarding Russian troop transport ships near Ukraine lately?
@Hubi @tal
That’s what people said when there was 135, 000 of them on ‘manouvers’ near Ukraine. Lavrov categorically stated that "We have no intention of invading Ukraine,’ as late as 2 days before they invaded. 200km? They could do that in 2 hours or less, easily. Russia has engineered the situation exactly as they did in Donetsk and Donbass. Their intentions are clear.
It’s 200 km through Ukraine. They’ve been trying to get through that span to Odesa for over 2 years.
Their high water mark was the Battle of Mykolaiv in April 2022.
@tal
I stand corrected.