Unrest in Breakaway Region of Moldova Could Be Part of Putin’s Grand War Strategy

‘All he really needs to do,’ one analyst tells the Sun, ‘is to create chaos in Moldova, Romania, and elsewhere and show that the West will fail to react — and for that he doesn’t need tanks and jets.’

Mikhail Metzel, Sputnik, Kremlin pool via AP
President Putin at Moscow, October 9, 2023. Mikhail Metzel, Sputnik, Kremlin pool via AP

If a breakaway Moldovan region falls and no one in the West hears it, does it make a sound? This take on the old adage could well describe a cornerstone of President Putin’s war strategy, hints of which may be gleaned when he addresses the Duma Thursday.

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