Posted on 03/09/2023 4:22:02 AM PST by Timber Rattler
In February, Moldovan president Maia Sandu publicly accused Russia of plotting to overthrow her government — an allegation first made days before by Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelenskyy.
Russia quickly denied the claim and turned the tables, accusing Ukraine of planning a false flag attack against the separatist Moldovan region of Transnistria.
In Moldova, pro-Russian voices dismissed the coup plot as Moldovan propaganda.
"They say that this all is a hoax," said Valeriu Paşa, chairman of WatchDog.MD, a think tank based in Moldova's capital, Chisinau. "[They say] President Sandu [is using] these scary stories in order to make people forget about economic and social problems, and in order to install a dictatorship in Moldova."
Documents claiming to show Ukrainian invasion orders spread on Telegram and Twitter. A video claiming to show Romania massing military equipment on the Moldovan border racked up more than 300,000 views on Telegram, according to Logically, a company that tracks disinformation.
But the documents were forged, and the video was from a military parade held months ago, said Mark Sawyer, a senior intelligence analyst at Logically.
"It was old footage that was just recast as something new, which is pretty common," he said,
As Russia's war in Ukraine drags on, neighboring Moldova is feeling the consequences.
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you got a problem with the truth?
“ Russia ramping up information operations in Moldova to de-stabilize it and produce a pretext for an invasion... ”
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“pretext for an invasion”? Is UKRAINE GOING TO INVADE MOLDOVA?
IF UKRAINE INVADES MOLDOVA (TRANSNISTRIA) should international sanctions be applied to Ukraine, all Ukrainian assets frozen and ALL further military supplies to Ukraine be immediately TOTALLY ceased?
Non retarded troll? At least that’s entertaining heh.
I've got a problem with democrats, especially you and Timber Rat. What about the truth of you two being democrat Uke propagandist? Own it lefty.
all these young WEF sponsored female leaders may have jumped the shark in their own countries with the nonsense NATO agitprop. Not surprising the populace is deciding they have no interest in becoming canon fodder.
You propagated the same idea a few weeks ago it got no traction nor will it today Moldova is it significant and Russia already occupies do Ukrainian border part of it with a funny name
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