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.

AP/Aurel Obreja
The vice-president of Moldova's Russia-friendly Shor Party, Marina Tauber, at Chisinau, Moldova, February 28, 2023. AP/Aurel Obreja

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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