Putin 'on brink of new land grab' to defy West with possible announcement imminent on annexing breakaway Moldovan region Transnistria
- Landlocked strip along Dniester River is wedged between Moldova and Ukraine
Putin is reportedly on the brink of a new land grab to defy the West by possibly announcing soon that Russia is taking control of a breakaway Moldovan region.
There is speculation that unofficial state Transnistria is poised to make an appeal to Putin to join Russia.
The landlocked strip along the Dniester River is wedged between Moldova and Ukraine.
Putin already has a 'peacekeeping' force of up to 2,000 troops in the territory which Russia says overwhelmingly wishes to be incorporated by Moscow. There are also likely thousands of Russian paramilitaries on the ground.
A fear is Putin will use a speech at the Russian Federal Assembly on February 29 to green light annexation.
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