The #Kremlin also appears to be setting information conditions to stage a false flag operation in occupied #Transnistria, #Moldova. (1/5) isw.pub/UkrWar022323
https://twitter.com/TheStudyofWar/status/1628940273886568450
2/ The Russian Ministry of Defense (MoD) claimed on February 23 that Ukrainian forces are planning to conduct an armed provocation against #Transnistria in the near future.
3/ The Russian MoD claimed that Ukrainian forces would dress as Russian military personnel and stage an alleged Russian offensive from positions in #Transnistria. The Moldovan government denied the Russian MoD’s allegations.
4/ The MoD likely sought to foster this false narrative to twist Zelensky‘s warning to Moldovan President Maia Sandu that #Russia was preparing provocations in #Moldova and his offer to help Moldova if Russian forces in #Transnistria threaten the territorial integrity of Ukraine.
5/ The MoD’s dissemination of this false narrative does not indicate that Putin intends to attack #Moldova—an undertaking for which he lacks military capability—although it points toward an escalation in his ongoing efforts to undermine the Moldovan state. isw.pub/UkrWar022323
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