Thread by @Tom_deWaal

Different signals on the future of #Transnistria/#Transdniestria #Moldova as the Ukraine war continues. Russia military commander Rustam Minnekayev, quoted in today’s Kommersant, says Russia's war aim is to establish total control over south of Ukraine.
kommersant.ru/doc/5318738

That means, establishing a land bridge to Crimea, crippling Ukraine's economy--and also linking up, he says, to Transdniestria “where facts are recorded of the oppression of the Russian-language population” (By whom? we might ask.)

The population of Trandniestria itself do not seem to have got the memo. A report here three days ago that increasing numbers of Transdniestrians are applying for Moldovan citizenship and the total number is now at 338,000
newsmaker.md/rus/novosti/v-…

An excellent and details summary of the delicate balancing act both Transdniestria and Chisinau are playing here as the war unfolds from @Keith_h96
defactostates.ut.ee/blog/transnist…

PS worth noting this bizarre and revealing quote from General Minnekayev in the Kommersant article, saying that Russia “is fighting with the whole world as it was in the Great Patriotic War [Second World War].” Allies, what Allies? Talk about revisionist history!