Kyiv is not far from the border of Belarus AND Belarus flanks the entire northern border of Ukraine. Moldavia is Russian friendly and with the act Sea to the south....they could close from 3 directions. 4 if they use a pincher move.
No more our problem than what is happening in Timbuktu.
Agree.
Also, can’t give the details, but Russian controlled Transnistria has a few buried, but highly upgraded strategic facilities, one of which is one of a kind, and capable of shutting down communications across the the entire comkunications spectrum, and they could do it from the Black Sea, through the EU, and throughout the western hemisphere in very short order.
And we are not just talking about RUS shutting down commercial air traffic radar (from Syria), like Tel Aviv and Oman have been contending with (off and on), for the past three years.