Posted on 02/23/2024 5:23:36 AM PST by marcusmaximus
Putin is reportedly on the brink of a new land grab to defy the West by possibly announcing soon that Russia is taking control of a breakaway Moldovan region.
There is speculation that unofficial state Transnistria is poised to make an appeal to Putin to join Russia.
The landlocked strip along the Dniester River is wedged between Moldova and Ukraine.
Putin already has a 'peacekeeping' force of up to 2,000 troops in the territory which Russia says overwhelmingly wishes to be incorporated by Moscow. There are also likely thousands of Russian paramilitaries on the ground.
A fear is Putin will use a speech at the Russian Federal Assembly on February 29 to green light annexation.
One day earlier a 'congress' of local politicians has been called in Transnistria amid speculation they will issue a formal appeal to join Russia. A similar congress previously led to such a demand.
Local opposition politician Gennadiy Chorba claims the plot to grab Transnistria is in progress, as part of Putin's re-election campaign.
This will give Putin a supposed 'legal' power to step into Transnistria which has been in limbo since the end of the Soviet Union.
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How can Russia afford this?
The Ruble keeps going down.
It looks like the Ruble is worth 9.5 U.S. cents today.
You lost another A-50 today! LOL!
What A-50 doink?
“””Well they only “freely” join NATO after election interference to bring out a western desired outcome””””
So you have no idea what you are talking about.
Well then why on earth would Russia want to go after tiny slivers of land? Everyone is equating this to Germany taking over whole countries when Russia is not doing that? I don’t see the Crimeans rising up over joining Russia or is vast majority being suppressed and no word is getting out to the world?
Russia air defense stronk as bull! Nice shooting, Ivan!
What air defense doink? A-50 not stronk as bull.
https://twitter.com/revishvilig/status/1761085894818201664
To all Azov POW guys!
Belgorod ground in 20 seconds! Bring your parade parachutes!
Selidovo - wha happen?
What Chasov Yar doink?
Avdeyevka - wha happen?
Tell the Russians to send the bodies of the slaughtered Azov guys at Avdeyevka home to their wives and mothers.
You shot down an IL-22, too! Nice job!
What Ivanivske and Sjeverne doink?
And watching is all they're going to do. When America's green, DEI Army faces off against Russia's battle-hardened combat veterans, they'll be slaughtered wholesale.
10,000 KIA in the first week is the main reason we don't have U.S. forces on the ground right now. America wouldn't accept the losses.
What Pobjeda and Kreminna doink?
Gotta hand it to you for shooting down both the A-50 and its IL-22 escort. Nice job!
Your Zelenskyy will soon be hanging off a meat hook in an Esso station in Kiev, courtesy of the remaining Azov guys.
Happy Defender of the Fatherland Day!
Do you doubt the number?
I don’t see the Crimeans rising up over joining Russia or is vast majority being suppressed and no word is getting out to the world?
Crimea is the only one of the territories that Russia has occupied that has a Russian majority. The others have Ukrainian majorities, Zaporizhzhia and Kherson by substantial amounts.
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