What do you people think?
https://news.yahoo.com/moldova-security-talks-blasts-russia-095058547.html
Transnistria, Russian speaking region of Moldova was attacked. Radio towers were targeted. Attacks came from Ukraine.
Ukraine blames Russia of attempting to destabilizing the region and planning an invasion.
From what I’m reading I think Ukraine wanted to bomb a radio station that they couldn’t control. It might be in retaliation of Russia bombing a radia free Europe station in Ukraine. It fits in with the information war. Ukraine accuses Russia of attacking a friendly city and a radio station friendly to them
Similar to the situation in Donbass. My read on the situation is that Russia didn’t have plans to invade after it recognized the LNR and the DNR; except, perhaps, in the removed sense that it had contingency plans for a war in Ukraine. But every military has such plans. Right now the United States probably has a plan for how to invade Mexico, and Mexico has a plan for how to fight the United States.
Russia intervened after Ukrainian troops launched a major attack on major population centers in the DNR and LNR (these are very close to what was then the front line). As an ally of the breakaway republics, which were already at war with the fascist junta in Kiev, Russia had every legal right to intervene.
Right now the United States probably has a plan for how to invade Mexico, and Mexico has a plan for how to fight the United States.
NATO once had a plan of nuking every communication node in Poland (meaning basically almost every city over 50k) to cut GDR from USSR in case of cold war going hot. Hell, i think they still have it considering what is function of Poland in NATO.
Funny how “being America’s enemy” and “being America’s friend” gets you the exact same benefits: absolutely nothing.
Taking a looooong stare at Georgia and Ukraine.
“Shut up, Mom, it’s true love, and if I just give him all my resources and let him host military bases on my soil, he’s sure to make me into a Prosperous Western Democracy someday!”
Something something kissinger quote
how about we make “according to ukrainian sources” a meme by spreading propostrous fake articles and alien abduction memes…
A worthy successor to the “Kiev Legends” memes
That’s a good idea. And really a great way to fight the propaganda
“according to ukrainian sources” is my new favorite meme…
According to ukrainian sources, Ukraine is winning the war and Russia is being freed by “Free Russia” legion
Well I was laughing how nothing will happen and it’s just western hystrionics right until 23rd February. Look where we are now.
Some communists in Russia (non kprf ones) do in fact predict that our government is going full USA and will be attempting to establish a firm “sphere of influence”, where foreign involvement will not be tolerated. For example, Kazakhstan might get a bit of a knock on the door, for trying to act out.
That said, while Ukraine and Kazakhstan both have a variety of resources and useful infrastructure (gas hubs, uranium, etc), I don’t know if Moldova has anything of the same scale. So for now I am once again willing to write this off as scare mongering and an attempt to rope yet another country into buying NATO weapons.
I would not be surprised by this, even if Russia doesn’t fit Lenin’s definition of imperialism it is still possible that the oligarchs want to build up influence aggressively. Also it may be preemptively stopping foreign meddling in the region, but I think it would be naive to think that no economic benefits would be drawn from that
