Recent protests in Moldova confirm that the ex-Soviet country is in the Kremlin's sights. If Putin manages to politically destabilize the ex-Soviet country, he could win an important ally in the war against Ukraine. The tactics are strikingly familiar to what the Kremlin pulled off in Donbas nine years ago.
From fresh anti-government protests to alleged coup plots, Moldova is on edge, as Russia wages war on its neighbor, Ukraine. The pro-Western president of Europe's poorest country, Maia Sandu, says the Kremlin is trying to destabilize the country or even planning to invade.
On March 2, 2023 morning a number of Ukrainian saboteurs crossed the Russian border in the Bryansk Region bordering Ukraine and launched raids on the villages of Lyubechane and Sushany. The Ukrainian armed nationalists attacked two civilian passenger cars, one of them being used to deliver schoolchildren to a nearby school.