Apparently, there’s been an “explosion” in a government building in Transnistria. Do any of you have any further information about this?

  • ChasingGlowies@lemmygrad.ml
    13·
    3 years ago

    Here you go buddy. I highly recommend this Telegram channel for news of the Ukrainian war, by the way.

    The situation in Transnistria is being taken extremely seriously as the conflict continues to escalate non-stop and unpredictably.

    • JosefMarxSankara@lemmygrad.mlOP
      9·
      3 years ago

      Thank you very much for the information. According to the channel, an advisor to the Ukrainian Minister for Defence had this to say “There is only one chance left to save Mariupol - a strike on Transnistria”. Do you think this is a false flag attack?

      • KommandoGZD@lemmygrad.ml
        13·
        3 years ago

        Idk, this whole thing is fishy as fuck. A Ukrainian attack on Transnistria would essentially amount to an attack on Moldova, because technically Transnistria is Moldova. That’s a violation of international law. I also don’t see how the Ukrainians are capable of mounting any significant offensive action there and even if they were I don’t know how they can afford to divert significant material and manpower West, when Russian forces are threatening Odessa and especially Kryvyi Rhi.

        Also how’s this supposed to save Mariupol? The city is taken and the remaining troops in Azovstal should be containable without too large of a force.

        Honestly no idea what to make of this yet. If this somehow pulls in Romania against Russian forces, we’ve pretty much got WW3 on our hands, so that’s great at least.

        • ChasingGlowies@lemmygrad.ml
          8·
          3 years ago

          I think what they mean by saving Mariupol through this action means that they could capture the Russian troops in Transnistria, and offer them in a sort of prisoner exchange for the release of the soldiers caught in Azovstal.

          Yeah, there is no way this would work.

          • cfgaussian@lemmygrad.ml
            4·
            3 years ago

            It won’t work if Ukraine tries to go in alone, the region is too well defended, lot of soldiers for its size and several thousand Russian ones too. Plenty of heavy equipment and ample ammunition. However in case of an attack from both sides it is virtually undefendable, the river might stall attackers from the west for a short while but ultimately it would fall. The real danger now is if NATO manages to pressure Moldova into “inviting”, say, Polish or Romanian forces in to “liberate” the territory.

            I would say that is a long shot but not impossible. Mainly i think the threat is being built up to distract Russia from the Donbass and make them divert resources and attention away.

            But who knows. If there is anyone crazy enough to start an escalation that gets us one step closer to WW3 it’s Ukraine. Or Poland.