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Putin Changes Position on Moldova Amid Airport Capture Rumor
Newsweek ^ | 2/22/2023 | Brendan Cole

Posted on 02/23/2023 8:13:35 AM PST by marcusmaximus

Vladimir Putin has canceled a decree that recognized Moldova's sovereignty in resolving the dispute over the Moscow-backed breakaway region of Transnistria.

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Also, Ukrainian President Volodymr Zelensky said that Russia was planning to capture the airport in Chișinău to fly in Russian military reinforcements to open a new front in Ukraine from Transnistria.

Moldova's Prime Minister Dorin Recean confirmed the rumor, but told local media that despite "several scenarios of destabilization....our institutions are prepared to face such challenges."

(Excerpt) Read more at newsweek.com ...


TOPICS: News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: globalgenius; moldova; putin; removehimnow; russia; senile
Putin's plan:



USAF and NATO spy planes watching Crimea and Moldova very closely right now.



1 posted on 02/23/2023 8:13:35 AM PST by marcusmaximus
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To: marcusmaximus

Would the Romanians sit idly by?


2 posted on 02/23/2023 8:15:15 AM PST by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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To: dfwgator

To Kosovo or not to Kosovo?


3 posted on 02/23/2023 8:16:22 AM PST by 2banana (Common ground with islamic terrorists-they want to die for allah and we want to arrange the meeting)
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To: marcusmaximus

Where’s Wesley Clark when you need him?


4 posted on 02/23/2023 8:18:18 AM PST by McGruff (Don't underestimate Joe's ability to f*** things up - Barack Obama)
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To: marcusmaximus

“Moldova is filled with Nazis, satanists and homos, and has been shelling Transnistria for the past 8 years. It must be de-Nazified.”

- Vladimir Putin


5 posted on 02/23/2023 8:19:02 AM PST by ETCM (“There is no security, no safety, in the appeasement of evil.” — Ronald Reagan)
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To: dfwgator
IL-76 transport plane. Suicide flight if Putin tries to make a run from Crimea to the Moldova airport. But he's not a smart guy so he might go for it.


6 posted on 02/23/2023 8:20:08 AM PST by marcusmaximus
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To: dfwgator

Other reports are that the Ukrainians are moving their forces into Transnistria, to force a Russian reaction and NATO response


7 posted on 02/23/2023 8:22:32 AM PST by PGR88
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To: McGruff
Where’s Wesley Clark when you need him?

Douglas Macgregor was Wesley Clark's #1 guy in Kosovo. Funny how Tucker Carlson never asks Macgregor about his involvement in the Pristina airport incident.
8 posted on 02/23/2023 8:24:50 AM PST by marcusmaximus
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To: marcusmaximus

FWIW, Putin has dozens if not hundreds of commercial jets that he seized at the beginning of the Ukraine war. They were jets leased by Russian airlines from E.U. companies. For lots of legal reasons they can never again be used in international service.

Shooting down a military troop transport from a hostile power—easy decision. Shooting down an airliner in airline livery, maybe not so easy.


9 posted on 02/23/2023 8:27:41 AM PST by hanamizu
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To: ETCM
“Moldova is filled with Nazis, satanists and homos, and has been shelling Transnistria for the past 8 years. It must be de-Nazified.” - Vladimir Putin

He doesn't know Moldova very well.

OK, he knows Moldova perfectly well, he just lies because that's who he is.

God help us, two of the three Big Dogs (Biden & Putin) claim to be lifelong Christians, and both show every indication of being in league with the father of lies.

We're dealing with Stalin Jr. and Mao Jr., and our head is Alfred E. Neuman Sr.

10 posted on 02/23/2023 8:29:24 AM PST by chajin ("There is no other name under heaven given among people by which we must be saved." Acts 4:12)
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To: marcusmaximus

Aaahhh Yes.......... All Russian communications are continuously and carefully monitored including those of cell phones used by the hapless Russian soldiers. They call home and complain to theri wives and mothers about their piteous plight.

Those long red and blue ovals got Russian Generals and Colonels killed until they learned to give orders by messenger much as Napolean did.


11 posted on 02/23/2023 8:31:29 AM PST by bert ( (KWE. NP. N.C. +12) Juneteenth is inequality day )
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To: dfwgator

The story is a bullcrap to start with. First, there is an airport in Tiraspol meaning nobody needs Cishinev to “open a second front”.
Second, Romania is even less popular in Moldova than Russia is.


12 posted on 02/23/2023 9:45:05 AM PST by NorseViking
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To: NorseViking

And Odessa in between, well there you go. NATO self destructs.


13 posted on 02/23/2023 9:52:28 AM PST by norsky ( <P> <a href= > </a> <P><img src=" "width=500"></img>)
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To: dfwgator

Re #2. No, Moldova would see this as a direct threat and attack. Putin would essentially be invading another sovereign country and widen the war. Trany would have a 2 front war on its hands. You might even see Poland get involved.


14 posted on 02/23/2023 10:06:51 AM PST by DownInFlames (P)
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To: dfwgator

Re #2. No, Romania would see this as a direct threat and attack. Putin would essentially be invading another sovereign country and widen the war. Trany would have a 2 front war on its hands. You might even see Poland get involved.


15 posted on 02/23/2023 10:09:00 AM PST by DownInFlames (P)
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To: marcusmaximus

“Vladimir Putin has canceled a decree that recognized Moldova’s sovereignty...”

LOLOLOL. Moldova’s been independent for over 30 years, no matter how Putin feels about it.


16 posted on 02/23/2023 11:29:01 AM PST by Boogieman
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To: ETCM

Yep, and plenty of gullible fools around here would fall for it, hook, line and sinker.


17 posted on 02/23/2023 11:30:34 AM PST by Boogieman
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To: hanamizu

“Shooting down an airliner in airline livery, maybe not so easy.”

Well, if they haven’t filed a flight plan, and are flying out of an active war zone, it’s probably a lot easier.


18 posted on 02/23/2023 11:32:52 AM PST by Boogieman
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