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.