Instability inside moldova . Unfortunately, that is the case, and a certain number of russian proxies are trying to destabilise the republic of moldova. And even though theyre trying hard, Moldovan Society is resilient. We, as the government, are doing our utmost to make sure that moldova remains stable and firmly anchored into the free world. And were carrying on with reforms, notjust muddling through, but actually achieving meaningful progress, despite the efforts on the russian side to implement all sorts of hybrid war tactics. But we remain determined to continue to stand by ukraine, to provide all the support that we can possibly provide, despite our modest means, and the russians will not succeed as long as the moldovan people will remain determined to see theirfuture in the European Union. Well, well explore those accusations youve just made against russia in some detail in a minute. Butjust sticking with this idea of the resilience of the moldovan government, it doesnt. It does
Mihai popsoi, welcome to hardtalk. My pleasure. Would it be fair to say that there are increasing signs of deep political instability inside moldova . Unfortunately, that is the case, and a certain number of russian proxies are trying to destabilise the republic of moldova. And even though theyre trying hard, Moldovan Society is resilient. We, as the government, are doing our utmost to make sure that moldova remains stable and firmly anchored into the free world. And were carrying on with reforms, notjust muddling through, but actually achieving meaningful progress, despite the efforts on the russian side to implement all sorts of hybrid war tactics. But we remain determined to continue to stand by ukraine, to provide all the support that we can possibly provide, despite our modest means, and the russians will not succeed as long as the moldovan people will remain determined to see theirfuture in the European Union. Well, well explore those accusations youve just made against russia in
It s about the size of rhode island. transnistria is a separatist enclave. it has around 500,000 people. russia reportedly wanting a land link to the region for decades. the commander s justifications are familiar, rescuing russian language speakers from what he s calling oppression and the thing is, in this little breakaway region here, saying how small it is, they also have significant number of ukrainian speakers. they have a large ukrainian population, and yasmin, the leaders of this breakaway region have stayed neutral for the last two months on the war. they don t they see the pictures in the report. they don t want to be entangled in what s happening. add in that russian troops, they re weathered from all of the war-torn weeks and now months they ve been in. yeah, so, the logic is weak, experts are saying, in terms of why it makes sense but so is the muscle to get it done. really good stuff, richard lui for us. thank you, richard. good to see you. tomorrow, by the way, i m g
Volcker. thank you all for being here. so, matt, russia first said they wanted to focus on eastern ukraine. the senior russian general now saying russia wants to capture all of southern ukraine. what can you tell us about russia and its objectives now? it looks as though they want to join from the eastern donbas region, not just to crimea, which is what a lot of military analysts were saying at the outset of this war. they want to bring that land bridge all the way over to the west to join the nation of moldova. there is a russian-backed separatist enclave called transnitsia. they re already well on the way. they ve had more success, the russians, in southern ukraine than they have anywhere else.
Its war on ukraine. russian general confirmed that by seizing donbas, russia would have land corridor to crimea. by having the east and the south, russia would then be able to access the russian separatist enclave in the nation of maldova. tens of thoi usands of russian troops have been deployed there. evacuations had been going on but very slowly. in another eastern town just 25 people, on a bus, under very dangerous russian shelling.