Russia, Ukraine at Daggers Over Moldova’s Massive Arms Depot
Plus, there are two million bottles of red wine, in the world’s largest cellar.

Moldova has the Fort Knox of red wine. At Mileștii Mici, the world’s largest wine cellar, 120 miles of passages connect limestone galleries where 2 million bottles age in silence. Yet, with war raging above ground, Ukrainian and Russian military commanders are more interested in Moldova’s role as home to the largest Soviet-era ammunition stocks in Europe — about 20,000 tons.
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