She believes that the Kremlin’s bet in the parliamentary elections in Moldova, which will be held in the fall, as in the 2024 presidential elections, is to replace the leadership of the republic with people whom Moscow will be able to control.
“We have a border with Ukraine with a length of 1.2 thousand km. Imagine that in one night this border will turn from the border with a friendly country to the border with the country controlled by Moscow. Of course, there are risks for Ukraine, but at the same time the risks for the Republic of Moldova also increase, because in this way the Russian Federation can draw Moldova into the war,” said Sandu.
Speaking in parliament, the Moldovan president said that Ukraine remains a shield of Moldova, writes Jurnal TV. The moral duty of the current government in Kishenev is not to get involved in the game of Russians and not be drawn into the war on the side of the Russian Federation.
Context
Relations of Moldova and Russia are difficult because of the Russian military contingent in the Moldavian pro-Russian region of Transnistria. In the early 1990s, it was announced on its territory the creation of the “Transnistrian Moldavian Republic”, the regional introduced the contingent of Russian peacekeeping forces. Politically, the conflict has not yet been settled. The world community does not recognize the independence of Transnistria. Moldavian authorities demand the withdrawal of Russian troops From Transnistria.
After the start of a full -scale invasion of the Russian Federation to Ukraine in 2022, Moldova supported Ukraine. On its territory periodically The wreckage of the drones that Russian invaders in Ukraine are discovered. The last time two Russian The drone broke the airspace of Moldova in the southern region on the evening of February 16.
