A top military think tank has warned that Moldova is the next target for Vladimir Putin and the Russian forces.
Institute for the Study of War reported that the Kremlin is using “very similar” rhetoric towards Moldova as it did before its invasion of Ukraine.
The think tank said Moscow’s methods are “likely” designed “to set conditions to justify possible future Russian escalation against Moldova.”
It comes as Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov made a series of allegations that sound similar to those directed at Ukraine ahead of Russia’s annexation of Crimea and its full-scale invasion.
Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov made the…