Is Moldova Russia's Next Target?

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  • Опубліковано 20 бер 2024
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    Transnistria, the breakaway region of Moldova, has just asked Russia for help. Tension has now skyrocketed and many analysts see Moldova as Putin's next victim. In this video we tell you all the details.
    #Moldova #Russia #Transnistria

КОМЕНТАРІ • 553

  • @ruicosta3855
    @ruicosta3855 2 місяці тому +96

    If Russian troops invade Moldova from transnistria, Ukraine would defeat transnistria very fast to protect Odessa

    • @puraLusa
      @puraLusa 2 місяці тому +21

      there is no ethnic or linguistic diference between a moldovan or a romenian.
      Moldova would be able to defend itself with "moldovan" soldiers. Bare in mind romenia is nato thus romenians are already nato trained.
      wink wink "moldovan soldiers"

    • @randomdude4255
      @randomdude4255 2 місяці тому +2

      @@puraLusaIf Moldova and Romania actually have that good relation from both sides whats the reason for not unifying

    • @ObeyNoLies
      @ObeyNoLies 2 місяці тому

      Unless they can't.

    • @CortexNewsService
      @CortexNewsService 2 місяці тому +4

      ​@@randomdude4255ethnic non-romanians in Moldova. Just the possibility triggered the transnistria war. If Moldova really worked toward that, Russia could use it as a reason to "protect" the ethnic Russians in transnistria

    • @Crashed131963
      @Crashed131963 2 місяці тому +13

      I think Putin better finish his first 3 day invasion before starting another invasion .

  • @ShionWinkler
    @ShionWinkler 2 місяці тому +55

    Well Russia is a little busy with Ukraine right now. Not to mention they have no way to get to Moldova with out going through NATO or Ukraine, so it won't be invading Moldova any time soon, or ever.

    • @puraLusa
      @puraLusa 2 місяці тому +8

      It's busy with ukraine and belgorod at the moment*

    • @dragos_serghie
      @dragos_serghie 2 місяці тому +4

      are you familiar with planes?

    • @ShionWinkler
      @ShionWinkler 2 місяці тому +13

      @@dragos_serghie are you familiar with air space? Russian plane flys over Ukraine is got to have a telephone pole size missle hitting it at mach 3.

    • @dragos_serghie
      @dragos_serghie 2 місяці тому +2

      are you familiar with missiles?

    • @eduwino151
      @eduwino151 2 місяці тому

      its seems you are living in a hole and forget that flying over ukrainian controlled zones is suicide@@dragos_serghie

  • @halldorherm
    @halldorherm 2 місяці тому +12

    Talking in circles. This could've been explained in 2-3 minutes

    • @matts2488
      @matts2488 2 місяці тому +2

      lol you are new here. This is everything these channels do. 😂

  • @hilaryhongkong
    @hilaryhongkong 2 місяці тому +34

    I went to Bender and Tiraspol a little more than a week ago (from Moldova, by bus). Literally nothing was happening.

    • @TSEEMOD_618
      @TSEEMOD_618 2 місяці тому +1

      I am heading there by end of April. Was the queue at the border fine? It will be a day trip to Tiraspol, nothing big

    • @user-id8qb3od3z
      @user-id8qb3od3z 2 місяці тому +1

      Thanks I think Europe's need to be educated by Chinese now that their far more develop than all the colonialist

    • @MrMordechaiAnilevich
      @MrMordechaiAnilevich 2 місяці тому +3

      I agree. I used to live and work in Moldova. This guy is relying on conjecture.

  • @nunyabidnez5857
    @nunyabidnez5857 2 місяці тому +155

    Moldova should vote to become part of Romania.

    • @maximfiodorov3879
      @maximfiodorov3879 2 місяці тому +8

      it had to be done in 1991.

    • @badluck5647
      @badluck5647 2 місяці тому +10

      If they are both part of the EU, then it will barely matter.

    • @inginer20
      @inginer20 2 місяці тому +34

      @@badluck5647 It will still matter. It is about Romanians deciding their own fate. Not through borders arbitrarily drawn by the Russian Empire. We Romanians don’t owe a shred of respect to those borders, nor our abusers. So unify we must to return justice.

    • @badluck5647
      @badluck5647 2 місяці тому +4

      @@inginer20 With freedom of movement and free trade, who cares?
      Hasn't old world thinking of ethnic nationalism caused enough suffering over history?

    • @randomdude4255
      @randomdude4255 2 місяці тому

      If Moldovan or a competent can answer me on this I’d appreciate, If Ukraine blockaded transistria why isnt Moldova doing the same? Is it a hope for peaceful resolution or do Moldovan people dont really care about having transistria under their control and rather keep peace this way?

  • @thepax2621
    @thepax2621 2 місяці тому +19

    Certainly wouldn't come as a surprise 🤷🏻‍♀️

    • @Ailasher
      @Ailasher 2 місяці тому

      But, but, but... They told me that Russia was on the verge of collapse and these Armed Forces were practically defeated a year ago! HOW?

    • @DerDarkKnight
      @DerDarkKnight 2 місяці тому

      @@Ailasherthey were. Didn‘t saw the retreat in Kyiev? Or Saporijha or charkiw

  • @calebbearup4282
    @calebbearup4282 2 місяці тому +4

    I suspect that Moldova should invite Ukraine and Romania through the UN to help them provide humanitarian aid to Transnistria say 10,000 Romanian soldiers, 3, Ukrainian soldiers, plus a coalition of 5,000 soldiers from non NATO UN countries could all go in and help ensure nothing pops off and adminster the region for the next decade and then at the end of that time a referendum gets held to decide what they want to do

    • @xyeB
      @xyeB 2 місяці тому

      No! Stop being evil. As a Moldovan from Leova I don’t condone that. Transnistrian people have decided for 33 years they want to remain independent which they are.

  • @user-hh1bs6ox7w
    @user-hh1bs6ox7w 2 місяці тому +3

    The most insightful and intelligent analysis we are capable of - Russia is to blame for everything

    • @Joel86543
      @Joel86543 2 місяці тому +1

      Meaby this is because Russia is the blame for nearly all eastern Europe conflicts?

    • @user-hh1bs6ox7w
      @user-hh1bs6ox7w 2 місяці тому

      @@Joel86543 Maybe it's because someone watches a lot of TV and is brain dead for a long time?

    • @Joel86543
      @Joel86543 2 місяці тому

      @@user-hh1bs6ox7w Bro describing himself

  • @mathnerd97
    @mathnerd97 2 місяці тому +6

    I hope Putin tries it. Not only would it severely undermine his Ukraine offensive, but it would make the western community care more about the Russian threat.

    • @fabiss23
      @fabiss23 2 місяці тому

      if Putin tries something in Moldova that would confirm all the NATO fears and they would directly intervene somehow, under NATO banner or Romanian banner.

    • @user-be5wt2ei8j
      @user-be5wt2ei8j 2 місяці тому

      ​@@fabiss23 Moldova is not NATO member, so in the event of russian invasion NATO, according it's own rules, must not intervene, it is defensive alliance after all. If Romania decides to defend former soviet republic that has de facto russian state within it, they are on their own, according to NATO treaty. If NATO decides to go into open war with Russia over Moldova they risk full-scale nuclear war.

    • @paulg930
      @paulg930 2 місяці тому

      ​@@user-be5wt2ei8j based on the democratic German Reunification 1990 guidelines that's why Romania - Moldova Reunification is the solution for the NATO security shield that puts an end to russia' s medieval conquest dreams

  • @brand8590
    @brand8590 2 місяці тому +4

    Good show, thank you.

  • @seanbrazell7095
    @seanbrazell7095 2 місяці тому +2

    It's ironic that the russian speaker excuse was one of the ways hitler justified his early invasions at the start of ww2.

  • @TSEEMOD_618
    @TSEEMOD_618 2 місяці тому

    Going (coming back) there in May. Hope it will be calm :)

  • @laci272
    @laci272 2 місяці тому +5

    Easy solution: allow anyone from Transnistria to move to Moldova, until the end of the year, then treat Transnistria as another country, which it basically is for over 30 years now. This way, you give up some land but save 90% of the population by moving towards Europe.

    • @puraLusa
      @puraLusa 2 місяці тому +5

      Transnistria doesn't have the structure to be an independant country. Moldova is the one who has been paying up their energy bill for example. It's a screwed up situation.

    • @Joel86543
      @Joel86543 2 місяці тому +1

      ​@@puraLusa really?Than Moldova should cut their electricity off till they stop rebeling and use all that money they were sending to modernize thair military

    • @puraLusa
      @puraLusa 2 місяці тому

      @@Joel86543 that would cut moldova to the pop that actually supports moldova. Transnistria hasn't payed the taxes to moldova central governm. This is a 30 yo situation that moldova decided to treat with diplomacy rather than autoritanism.

    • @xyeB
      @xyeB 2 місяці тому +2

      @@puraLusaas a Moldovan,I’ve visited Transnistria like 6 times. And despite the amount of times I’ve visited it,I have zero relation to Russians. I want transnistria to be either integrated and have a republic status(the same as for example,a Russian republic,with own police force,army,laws and president and an ability to leave) sadly it’s not the case for gagauzia but it should be. Even if transnistria leaves,they’ll be backwater. I don’t care

    • @xyeB
      @xyeB 2 місяці тому +1

      @@Joel865431. That would be inhumane 2. Stop undermining self determination of people. If transnistria wants to be independent (which it is) I support it.

  • @user-yh1nm1vy3i
    @user-yh1nm1vy3i 2 місяці тому +4

    Russian army would be bogged down by Moldovan border patrol police.

  • @Aristothielian
    @Aristothielian 2 місяці тому +9

    So wait, I'm confused. Are we supposed to be for popular sovereignty or against it?

    • @puraLusa
      @puraLusa 2 місяці тому +3

      Territorial integrity vs self-determination.
      It's a case by case decision.
      And it isn't "us" - u should decide for urself.

    • @ChristoffelTensors
      @ChristoffelTensors 2 місяці тому +5

      @@puraLusaIts always case by case unless its Russia, China or Iran.

    • @randomdude4255
      @randomdude4255 2 місяці тому +4

      @@ChristoffelTensorsCuz Russia, China and Iran do exactly same… 2 wars in Chechnya to not give them independence, and multiple wars to give independence to other people that happen to live in other countries lands

    • @richlopez5896
      @richlopez5896 2 місяці тому

      Don't forget that China doesn't recognize Nepal or Taiwan's independence @@randomdude4255

    • @ChristoffelTensors
      @ChristoffelTensors 2 місяці тому

      @@randomdude4255 You are describing the American military

  • @chuckmarius323
    @chuckmarius323 2 місяці тому +12

    pffft, Russia couldn't defend their ally Armenia and they didn't have an unpassable hostile territory to get to them, how do they figure they can get to Moldova through Ukraine?

    • @randomdude4255
      @randomdude4255 2 місяці тому +2

      They do have hostile territory to get to Armenia, unfortunately not defended good enough to make it impassable, Russia has two quasi states in Georgia….
      also Turkey played big role there promising to join on Azerbaijani side if the war escalated

    • @ObeyNoLies
      @ObeyNoLies 2 місяці тому +2

      Armenia lost that one on it's own.

    • @CortexNewsService
      @CortexNewsService 2 місяці тому +1

      ​@@randomdude4255and with Turkey being a NATO member, Russia won't even give Armenia a second thought.

    • @nathanhiggers4606
      @nathanhiggers4606 2 місяці тому

      Armenia is a very dumb example if you know the situation

    • @user-xl6bm1dt3v
      @user-xl6bm1dt3v 2 місяці тому

      @@nathanhiggers4606 do you mind telling about the situation?

  • @jeffsiegwart
    @jeffsiegwart 2 місяці тому +1

    Why leave out other county like Georgia?

  • @andysm1964
    @andysm1964 2 місяці тому +5

    Will be visiting Moldova in next few weeks,and friends are taking me to Transnistria ...i`m sure they are good friends,i hope! lol.. in seriousness ,they work in tourism and assure all is safe

  • @simonpannett8810
    @simonpannett8810 2 місяці тому +3

    Transnistria is ut off and only available by aerate present with Russia not having air superiority. For the EU it can stand up to Russia and support Moldova sovereignty! With Transnistria incorporated then it would set a precedent for Georgia and other countries to also Stan up to Russia with the EU protecting its rights!! The French already in Romania are in a great position to take back Transnistria and using Russian weapon stockpiles!!

    • @puraLusa
      @puraLusa 2 місяці тому +3

      EU isn't a military nor autorative body to go around protecting non member rights. It's a political and economic block without a defined foreign policy.

  • @CTDucu
    @CTDucu 2 місяці тому +10

    Forgetting one thing, moldovans are in fact romanians, do you think Romania will stay neutral and indifferent while the population suffers? The answer is obvious.
    Last time they took Bessarabia (Republic of Moldova) from the Romanian state, the Romanians invaded Russia. Now, an invasion is not on the cards, but it shows the level of commitment towards this cause.

    • @nathanhiggers4606
      @nathanhiggers4606 2 місяці тому +1

      Romania's annexion of Bessarabia wasn't even recognized by the west

    • @AlecsNeo
      @AlecsNeo 2 місяці тому

      ​@@nathanhiggers4606and how is that related to what Ducu said?

    • @kinai01
      @kinai01 2 місяці тому

      Romania can't and will not move without NATO Approval.

    • @nathanhiggers4606
      @nathanhiggers4606 2 місяці тому +1

      @@AlecsNeo Romania's actions were never justified

    • @paulg930
      @paulg930 2 місяці тому +1

      ​@@nathanhiggers4606 bs russian moulded propaganda. terrorist russia had zero right to split in half the romanian region of Moldova three times 1812,1940/44. As in the case of Finland Poland and Baltic states which broke free in 1918 through independence from the same russian occupier, the eastern side of Moldova decided to return to it's national body it was separated from in the first place in 1812 based on the same right to self-determination. Union Act recognised by UK France Italy and as fact by US in 1934 and again by US Senate Resolution 148/1991. Nowadays in Moldova are 80 % Romanian majority, more than one & half million regained their Romanian citizenship stolen by the 1940 russian occupation in the aftermath of the nullified august '39 ribbentrop molotov pact

  • @gooldii1
    @gooldii1 2 місяці тому

    11:03 LIE-Row! Call him Lie-Row! As "mad" Wedew! Please!

  • @popacristian2056
    @popacristian2056 2 місяці тому +1

    *Reunification of Romania must take place imediately!*

  • @cornelnaumencu5272
    @cornelnaumencu5272 2 місяці тому +5

    Our ex-president (Traian Basescu) said : "Russia can occupy Transnistria in less than 24h, but they won't be able to hold it more than a few days..." it will be just a waste of resources for them just to try

    • @dioniscaraus6124
      @dioniscaraus6124 2 місяці тому

      And we don't exactly have much to offer resource wise ;D

  • @IrrationalCharm
    @IrrationalCharm 2 місяці тому +14

    Imo, I don’t see how joining the EU can be bad for Moldova.

    • @scorpiovenator_4736
      @scorpiovenator_4736 2 місяці тому +2

      Moldova would drag down the EU, it's like if Mexico Joined the Us

    • @IrrationalCharm
      @IrrationalCharm 2 місяці тому +12

      @@scorpiovenator_4736 Poland also dragged down the EU. Look at them now. Nearly 1$ trillion GDP economy.
      Estonia also dragged down the EU. Look at them now. I’ve been in Tallin. Trust me they are far from poor

    • @fabiss23
      @fabiss23 2 місяці тому

      @@scorpiovenator_4736 Its a 2.6 mil population country, EU can handle that easily. They are working people not "refugee" leeches. They are poor because Russia wants them to be poor. Read about Ilan Shor, Sheriff and all corrupt politicians Moscow installed there.

    • @Castapher
      @Castapher 2 місяці тому

      ​@@scorpiovenator_4736If Mexico joined US, then the border crisis will be solved. And US will have the largest army in the world.

    • @phild3936
      @phild3936 2 місяці тому +5

      @@IrrationalCharm
      It's a miracle to see how when a state drags itself out of ruSSian influence it is capable of growth and change.

  • @user-jgn1944
    @user-jgn1944 2 місяці тому

    Does anyone know how safe ex Russian areas are? Moldova especially

  • @wyattterrell
    @wyattterrell 2 місяці тому +2

    So basically c.o.d 4

  • @jorgeyamane6655
    @jorgeyamane6655 2 місяці тому

    The Federation just started with provocations with the destruction of a Transnistrian MI 8 and blaming to Ucranians. The helicopter in question was a very old one seatting and doing nothing at all

  • @firefox39693
    @firefox39693 2 місяці тому +6

    The UK and the UK have failed to follow through on their legal obligations under the Budapest Memorandum. Troops should've been sent straight into Ukraine.

    • @THEoneYETI
      @THEoneYETI 2 місяці тому

      UK troops are there already..

    • @firefox39693
      @firefox39693 2 місяці тому +2

      @@THEoneYETI Not in a combat capacity. They're not fighting jets, operating their submarines, ships, refueling tankers, AEWCs, SIGINT aircraft, attack helicopters, they're nto operating their own tanks in Ukraine, they're not operating their own artillery in Ukraine, and surface to air missiles, I could go on, and on. The UK has not been in Ukraine in a combat capacity *at all.* Anything that suggests otherwise is a lie.

    • @ojpickle5923
      @ojpickle5923 2 місяці тому

      ​@@firefox39693they should absolutely not be in a combat role against Russia. That will push Russia too far. It's not just Ukrainian lives at stake, it's all of ours. No top tier nato nation should ever directly go into combat with Russia

    • @firefox39693
      @firefox39693 2 місяці тому

      @@ojpickle5923 You either agree with the rule of law, or you don't. Ukraine handed over its nuclear weapons to the exact country that invaded it, but in return for an iron-clad security guarantee from the UK and the US.
      They absolutely should be in Ukriane now. If they were in Ukraine from an early point, this war never would've happened.

  • @gforce0311
    @gforce0311 2 місяці тому +5

    Trump never said cutting off funds to Ukraine but instead convert to Lend Lease and Loans and forcing EU and NATO to do more.

    • @photogeen
      @photogeen 2 місяці тому +1

      this channel spreads a lot of lies

    • @freetolook3727
      @freetolook3727 2 місяці тому +5

      Yes, he did say he would cut off aid and then changed his sentiment to Lend Lease type of aid.

    • @dioniscaraus6124
      @dioniscaraus6124 2 місяці тому

      @@freetolook3727 Considering that only pushed EU countries to militarize faster that was a good call

    • @FirstYokai
      @FirstYokai 2 місяці тому +1

      He did say he would cut off the aid. Btw the EU does more than the USA in percentage of GDP.

  • @vitaliecraciun4063
    @vitaliecraciun4063 2 місяці тому +4

    Imo, the virtual fence/border with Romania should drop and then let Transnistrian " government" pay unpaid taxes for last 30 ish years, would be fair.

    • @xyeB
      @xyeB 2 місяці тому

      It’s not virtual,stop. Moldova is independent and will be.

    • @vitaliecraciun4063
      @vitaliecraciun4063 2 місяці тому

      @@xyeB huge doubts frate. the price of independence can be afforded by Russia? -Maybe ...
      But the natives of the field can't and don't want to pay for stupid/exaggerated agenda of independence,
      from who and what independent?

  • @psihozefir
    @psihozefir 2 місяці тому +3

    Currently, Russia does not have any power in that region, but Olaf Scholtz in DE, Viktor Orbán in HU and speaker Johnson in US are working together with Putin in RU to solve that problem.

  • @markmierzejewski9534
    @markmierzejewski9534 2 місяці тому +5

    All Moldova has to do is ask for assistance from the EU in the same way Transnistria asks for help from the Russians
    Who will get there first? There is a reason why the status quo remains the same there.

  • @michaeldunham3385
    @michaeldunham3385 2 місяці тому +3

    It's autumn not fall, you're not American

    • @snowdogthewolf
      @snowdogthewolf 2 місяці тому

      In the Southern States, you'll hear both used interchangeably.

  • @dragosstanciu9866
    @dragosstanciu9866 2 місяці тому +4

    Kazakhstan too may be a future target. It has a weak army and a big Russian minority population.

    • @puraLusa
      @puraLusa 2 місяці тому +3

      It also has a huge ass territory surrounded by the stans, it could ask muslim brotherly help from afghanistan (both muslim albeit different religiosity) in exchange of food (that afghanistan desperately needs). It also has china who already stated the stans were a no go when ukraine was invaded (belt and road crosses the stans).
      Due to these factors I don't think russia would do well there either.

    • @nicholasgutierrez9940
      @nicholasgutierrez9940 2 місяці тому

      It's already been done. People forgot Putin crushed a revolt there before he yolo'd into Ukraine. Kazahkstan is basically a puppet at this point due to Putin's influence. All that is left is the political assimilation if they choose that. But right now it's perfect. Russia got sanctioned. But the stans did not. Easy to import stuff through there and then send it to Russia. I forget which one but one of the stans had a big increase in German imports.

    • @johnny_eth
      @johnny_eth 2 місяці тому

      ​@@puraLusaKazakhstan would ask hello from whom??? Lol.

    • @puraLusa
      @puraLusa 2 місяці тому

      @@johnny_eth u might not know this but counties have their own interests and relations. Sometimes regional, sometimes global.

  • @IulianYT
    @IulianYT 2 місяці тому

    I still think that one of the most shameful and stupid things that happened in human history - is deployment of russian "peacekeepers" in Moldova, taking into account that they were belligerent side in that war, and not a bystander. And so the conflict was "frozen", but not solved. Instead, imagine if there were deployed proper peacekeepers, let's say UN peacekeepers, with people from different countries, without geopolitical interests - the conflict would be forgotten by now, maybe some level of autonomy similar to Gagauz-Eri. There isn't and wasn't any ethnic cleansing or hatred between sides, because russia created an artificial separatist region, without history, without nationality, without language, just by force and force only.

  • @SCOTTRUSE
    @SCOTTRUSE 2 місяці тому

    The Moldovan government should approach the EU authorities to upgrade their military and in turn have their military in cooperation with the militaries of the EU use Transmistria as a practice ground for fighting the Russian military?

  • @toni8003
    @toni8003 2 місяці тому

    So in conclusion, Transnistria is like Kosovo. A quasi-state used by a superpower as a stepping stone to project it's influence to the surrounding region.

  • @liamjones7322
    @liamjones7322 2 місяці тому

    How will losing Ukraine effect the nuclear umbrella thays stupid unless your goal was to box in Russian

  • @popacristian2056
    @popacristian2056 2 місяці тому

    Reintregirea Romaniei trebuie sa aiba loc cat mai curand.

  • @mrpilkington9710
    @mrpilkington9710 2 місяці тому +3

    Hope so. If a people wish to be free of a government they see as no longer represents them it is their right to dissolve political bonds with that government and seek independence or to form bonds with a different people/government

    • @marilenaganea6578
      @marilenaganea6578 2 місяці тому

      Then the "free people" can't demand passage through other free people lands... They can stay in their home forever and never demand anything for free from the ones they stabbed in the back

    • @vandeheyeric
      @vandeheyeric 2 місяці тому

      They have the right to dissolve those political bonds, but they do not have the right to start a campaign of paramilitary terrorism against said neighbor, to invite foreign occupation, or to generally be corrupt goons being among the continent's largest illegal arms traffickers. Which is what the Transnistrian "government" and their Kremlin puppets. So let's not pretend this was some kind of 1775 style struggle for freedom. It is not.

    • @dioniscaraus6124
      @dioniscaraus6124 2 місяці тому

      By that logic foreigners can just vote to become part of another country

  • @ludmilabarbei1986
    @ludmilabarbei1986 2 місяці тому

    It is not a question of “IF”… it is a question of “WHEN”…. And whoever thinks that Russia will stop after Unraine & Moldova… is a total fool…

  • @bogdan78pop
    @bogdan78pop 2 місяці тому +1

    All the Moldovans can get Romanian citizenship , just by asking.....if all become Romanians citizens , an attack on Moldova can be considered an attack on NATO...?????

    • @popacristian2056
      @popacristian2056 2 місяці тому

      Faurirea unirii din 1918 este faptul de drept care spune ca suntem aceeasi tara. Asa ca suntem cu totii in UE si NATO. Trebuie insa doar sa revalideze politicul acest fapt, unind acum cele doua parlamente. Daca nu fac asta cat mai repede nici acum... Istoria probabil ii va blestema.

  • @user-pz6ls4uk8k
    @user-pz6ls4uk8k 2 місяці тому

    Всему в свое время

  • @dwightbelinfanti836
    @dwightbelinfanti836 2 місяці тому

    Would be could be might be may be what about the facts .. speculations disguised as facts .

  • @popacristian2056
    @popacristian2056 2 місяці тому

    Reunification of Romania must take place as soon as possible.

  • @BobsProd
    @BobsProd 2 місяці тому

    смотрю иностранные видео про геополитику только ради иноязычного произношения наших названий и имён.

  • @Alitacyan
    @Alitacyan 2 місяці тому +3

    EU should do more to protect Moldova

    • @sirc1446
      @sirc1446 2 місяці тому

      Romania will do that, no need for the Eu

  • @Alex-hu8gj
    @Alex-hu8gj 2 місяці тому +1

    What is the distance between USA and Moldova ?

    • @wamingo
      @wamingo 2 місяці тому +3

      About 15 minutes by F16?

    • @puraLusa
      @puraLusa 2 місяці тому +2

      More than usa - russia who are at walking distance 😂

    • @selcovoilucian8253
      @selcovoilucian8253 2 місяці тому +7

      About 150 years

    • @puraLusa
      @puraLusa 2 місяці тому +1

      @@selcovoilucian8253 that was mean 😂

    • @selcovoilucian8253
      @selcovoilucian8253 2 місяці тому

      @@puraLusa și totuși adevărat

  • @ingamgoduka57
    @ingamgoduka57 2 місяці тому

    Transnistria isn't that under Russian control?

  • @Eoin-B
    @Eoin-B 2 місяці тому +1

    How could Russia invade Transnistria? It's landlocked and there are only 2000 troops stationed their who can barely rotate out of the region since the Ukraine war.

    • @samuelpenniman1593
      @samuelpenniman1593 2 місяці тому +3

      2,000 Russian troops and that doesn’t include Transnistrian armed forces which have 5,000 active personnel and 16,000 in reserve (according to 2018 estimates) so in total let’s say at max there’s 20,000 troops that could open a front and draw Ukrainian forces away from the front lines and thus could put a larger strain on their logistics (which is key to maintain the front).
      Transnistria is also home to one of the largest ammo depots in the world in the town of Cobasna (which sits right on the border with Ukraine). Although much of the ammo is from Soviet times some of it could be used for resupplying forces say if Russia decided to push for Odessa. This could also benefit Ukraine as if they were to take the depot they could use whatever ammunition is left to help alleviate their ammunition shortages.
      Yes it may not seem like Russia could do anything but if they were to open another front it would force Ukraine to spread forces and resources further away from each other.

    • @Eoin-B
      @Eoin-B 2 місяці тому +1

      @@samuelpenniman1593 I personally don't believe that transistrians will try to annex Ukrainian land. The Russian troops would, but everywhere east of Transnistria has never been Moldovia, nor have many Russians living there.
      I see your point if they attacked the western front though if they plan on a coup to overthrow the western friendly Moldovan government which I think is more likely.
      But based on what the video is about, I was pointing out that Russians would find it really difficult to even try to take Moldava without being able to arm their troops and reinforce their ranks without a land or sea corridor and patriot missile systems are within range of any resupply plane who tries coming from the black sea.
      According to DW a few months ago. The troops travel by river on passenger vessels to rotate.
      I'm from Ireland and I hate the fact that you lose a part of your country just because the occupiers planted people there to justify their claim to the region forever. Northern Ireland,
      Western Georgia, East Cyprus, Moldova and Ukraine. There are too many examples.
      I am a firm believer in cutting it off and taking revenge by doing better though, like Cyprus and Ireland. As terrible as it is to succeed land to your land to the occupiers just because they moved their citizens to your land.

    • @richlopez5896
      @richlopez5896 2 місяці тому

      Russia would have zero ability to cover them with air-support or resupply. The reason why nothing has happened in that region is because Russia has no actual military option. It is just talk@@samuelpenniman1593

    • @xyeB
      @xyeB 2 місяці тому

      5k troops and 20k in reserve (from Wikipedia)

    • @xyeB
      @xyeB 2 місяці тому

      @@samuelpenniman1593yes.

  • @modir007
    @modir007 2 місяці тому

    Russian troops has to go from transnistria at once...............before a nightmare of putin arise. EU and Nato has to help transnistria asap.

  • @martincatoniryan1638
    @martincatoniryan1638 2 місяці тому

    what is the name of the song that starts playing at about 02:35? it's been used by visualpolitik lots of times when talking about russia or russian dictators or communists or former dictators. Thanks in advance to whoever answers my question.

  • @joebidet2050
    @joebidet2050 2 місяці тому

    Russia have been in transnitria 2 years ago !

  • @egg174
    @egg174 2 місяці тому +2

    Let's go shopping in MallDova

  • @thedyingfetus9493
    @thedyingfetus9493 2 місяці тому +5

    Russia wouldve to first win in ukraine and have access to the west of the country, which is unlikely. The other points of access are through NATO, so this will never happen unless ukraine loses all of its territory.

    • @puraLusa
      @puraLusa 2 місяці тому

      acording to plan... 😂

    • @zollen123
      @zollen123 2 місяці тому

      Russia could win the war if US stop sending aids.

  • @johnashleyhalls
    @johnashleyhalls 2 місяці тому +4

    If so many ethnic Russians want Russia passports why have they not been repatriated to Russia? When the Soviets and the Czars deported or obliterated the local population to settle the vacant land with Russians that seems like ethnic cleansing. Does Russian need that much lebensraum? Would it be possible to repatriate some of the decendance of Crimea? Or Donbas? Eventually you get what you give, don't you?

  • @jiamiekori6575
    @jiamiekori6575 2 місяці тому +2

    “Karaganov Doctrine” is unofficially is one of the reasons why the government of Azerbaijan doesn’t allow dual citizenship. At the end, Azerbaijan is Russian’s historical and geographical land and see neighbor

  • @popacristian2056
    @popacristian2056 2 місяці тому

    *Reintregirea fireasca trebuie sa se faca acum!*

  • @Mrgunsngear
    @Mrgunsngear 2 місяці тому

    🇺🇸

  • @vladnicu1281
    @vladnicu1281 2 місяці тому

    Well you need to take in consideration if 🇷🇺 do something in Moldova what Romania will do a Nato member.I don’t think Romania will stay outside and let this happen.

  • @user-mx5of2yx8j
    @user-mx5of2yx8j 2 місяці тому

    Please talk about Biafra 😂😂

  • @CARL_093
    @CARL_093 2 місяці тому

    only choice of moldovia is stay existing or unified with Romanian and reconsile with transnistria

  • @mcdazz2011
    @mcdazz2011 2 місяці тому +1

    Opening up a second (or third, depending on how you look at it) front would be very dangerous for Russia. Aside from their issues within Ukraine, the recent incursion by various Russian/Chechen/etc anti-Putin troops into various parts of Russia highlights and exacerbates the problem with the Russian military, it's military leadership, and ultimately Putin.
    Both Moldova and Transnistria are relatively equal in size in terms of military personnel (even with Russian "peacekeepers"), so I'd say it's unlikely that the Russian "peacekeepers" in Transnistria would be able to achieve anything significant militarily.
    The biggest problem with Moldova, however, is that it needs to modernise it's military equipment.

  • @victorradu9645
    @victorradu9645 2 місяці тому +2

    Russia's invasion of Moldova started two years ago, but for reasons, the russian troops are still in Ukraine, in transit between Russia and Moldova, still singing Ride of the Valkyries, the song from Apocalypse Now, a masterpiece written by ... what was his name ...

  • @romanstoianov9927
    @romanstoianov9927 2 місяці тому

    Europe and nato will be extremely concerned

  • @eastcoastsailingcenter7768
    @eastcoastsailingcenter7768 2 місяці тому

    That’s Moldova’s problem , they are under attack .

  • @patricksilopita3897
    @patricksilopita3897 2 місяці тому

    Mr speak, have you seen the interview between Russian president and tucker Carlson?

  • @andrewadams6905
    @andrewadams6905 2 місяці тому

    Absolutely, Moldova is next on the hit list of Russian Reich.

  • @freetolook3727
    @freetolook3727 2 місяці тому

    Does the Kaganov Doctrine include Alaska?

  • @AK-ej5ml
    @AK-ej5ml 2 місяці тому

    Part of the settlement of the war with Ukraine should be a withdrawal of all Russian troops in Transnistria - the population there, whether Moldovan, Ukrainian or Russian, needs the freedom to make their own decisions rather than being dictated from Moscow.

  • @andreyhempburn
    @andreyhempburn 2 місяці тому +2

    Transnistria has coins made of plastic.

  • @freetolook3727
    @freetolook3727 2 місяці тому

    Putin:
    Kremlin Gremlin.

    • @spudwesth
      @spudwesth 2 місяці тому

      The Moses for the Russians trapped inside Ukraine. The farms are all owned by US oligarchs.

  • @FlamingBasketballClub
    @FlamingBasketballClub 2 місяці тому

    Moldova almost qualified for Euro 2024.
    😭😭😭

    • @mrpilkington9710
      @mrpilkington9710 2 місяці тому

      Now a smaller Moldova can be in it *shrug*

  • @DacianRider
    @DacianRider 2 місяці тому +5

    say NO to ruzzian conquest and propaganda !

  • @chito127
    @chito127 2 місяці тому

    Baloney.

  • @jigpig4140
    @jigpig4140 2 місяці тому

    Josh which hair salon you regularly visit.

  • @miladinperic837
    @miladinperic837 2 місяці тому

    Why would Russia attack NATO??

    • @Joel86543
      @Joel86543 2 місяці тому

      Moldova is not in NATO

  • @user-zl9sh9mz6h
    @user-zl9sh9mz6h 2 місяці тому

    France's defense agreement with Moldova is a game changer.

  • @alexandrosonassis3436
    @alexandrosonassis3436 2 місяці тому +1

    Yes believe it or not bozzo, Transnistria and Gagauzia are Russia, since the populations there want to join the Russian Federation is like Crimea on 2014 voted for Russia 97% of them, and there is nothing you can do about it, this is THE WILL OF THE PEOPLE!

  • @Air-bear
    @Air-bear 2 місяці тому

    Gadfly here 🤓. All speculation… what if…🤔…the Russ woke up and decided to make peace and join NATO😶‍🌫️🥶

  • @user-id8qb3od3z
    @user-id8qb3od3z 2 місяці тому +1

    don't know about your own background, do you think all the races and country around the world buy your colonial ambitious thinking.

  • @freetolook3727
    @freetolook3727 2 місяці тому +3

    Putin:
    MRGA

  • @michaelholmes9892
    @michaelholmes9892 2 місяці тому +1

    Ya Vlad wants all his shit back.

  • @njm543
    @njm543 2 місяці тому

    What is the issue with states branching off and becoming an independent country

    • @njm543
      @njm543 2 місяці тому

      I’m confused at why it’s a big no no. Looking for help understanding

    • @DiviAugusti
      @DiviAugusti 2 місяці тому +1

      @@njm543States on Russia’s periphery have the unique situation of having been colonized by Russia over the past couple centuries. Bessarabia and the Baltic States are both areas dealing with the consequences of this. Colonizers should go home rather than be rewarded with their own breakaway regions.

    • @njm543
      @njm543 2 місяці тому

      @@DiviAugustiIf majority of the people there are ppl identify as Russian why can’t they vote to join Russia or in this case just become their own country? Like If they identify as Russian why can’t they associate with them?

    • @DiviAugusti
      @DiviAugusti 2 місяці тому

      @@njm543 Do we seriously need to go over why colonization = bad?

    • @njm543
      @njm543 2 місяці тому

      @@DiviAugusti colonization bad but why is becoming your own country bad?

  • @user-mx5of2yx8j
    @user-mx5of2yx8j 2 місяці тому

    We don't need your recognition

  • @user-zh8kv9jb3o
    @user-zh8kv9jb3o 2 місяці тому

    Didnt missle just get launched from oddessa?

  • @user-ij5dt9of7v
    @user-ij5dt9of7v 2 місяці тому +4

    Let me ask this ; Who gives Putin the right to have "a broader sphere of interest in Ukraine " we live in 2024 not 1824 ??? What about the people who live in "that so called sphere of interest" that is the sovereign country of Ukriane and Moldova and the same goes for Georgia don't they (the Ukrainian Moldovan and Georgian ppl.) have an " sphere of interest in for their own countries " ?
    Shall the Ukrainians the Moldovans and Georgians just bend their knee and behave as slaves, and become some sort of quasi 2nd class nation/ countries , and have their society run under the heel and accept being kicked by Kremlin's boot of the " sphere of Russian interest " ; Should those countries just roll over and let Russia controlled them for the sole benefit of Putin's klan agenda and the geopolitical intrs. of the Moscow Kremlin kleptocracy elites?:
    And let Ukraine , Moldova and Georgia become some sort of quasi geographical entities for political advantages of the Kremlin ? Or should those countries stand up and fight against the tyrannical idea of PUTINS "sphere of interest" and stand up for their independence as the independent European self governing state they are and FIGHT for freedom, sovereignty and self-rule ??
    FACT !!! Ukriane , Moldova and Georgia was forced into this wars by Russia not Russia by Ukriane, Moldova and Georgia (or anyone else ) those countries had no choice they needed to defend their countries and ppl. against a brutal evilaggressor that is Russia . And we all know the Russian authorities of the aggressor country Russia do not want any peace.
    (In ukraine's case If the Russian army stops fighting today and goes home back to Russia tomorrow there will be NO war If Ukraine stops fighting today there will be NO Ukraine !! )

    • @puraLusa
      @puraLusa 2 місяці тому

      If u read dugin political ideology u'll see that's exactly how putin views the world.
      It's eurasianism vs atlanticism (usa sphere of influence) in putin mind.

    • @user-ij5dt9of7v
      @user-ij5dt9of7v 2 місяці тому

      @@puraLusa I have already read Dugins “Foundations of Geopolitics” a long time ago .. And i AGREE : The Geopolitical Future of Russia is a geopolitical book writen by Aleksandr Dugin its Putins Bible !!
      LETS LOOK AT PUTIN ON THE HOME FRONT...
      One of the biggest advisory to Putin and the Kremlin is Alexander Dugin ..
      Who is this Alexander Dugin ??
      Well an old saying is one is the companion you hold and the friends you have...
      Russian fascist Aleksandr Dugin's dreams of a Russian dictatorship and he is getting it with his good friend and leader Mr Putin..
      ( NOTE :Anti-Semite and former leader of Ku Klux Klan David Duke is a very good friend of Dugins ....)
      Dugin’s career, has bean moving from his expulsion from the Moscow Aviation Institute for involvement in protonazi mystical circles in the early 1980s,to now being one of RuSSias top advisory to Putin..
      Dugin’s political and geopolitical ideology of Eurasianism and his continues maniac attempts of Repeating the ideas of oldnazi theorists Karl Haushofer, Rudolf
      Hess, Carl Schmitt, and Arthur Moeller van den Bruck puts the neonazi Russian Alexander Dugin and Putin in a very special place of hypocritical depots ...
      Alexander Dugin once said """What Russia needs, says Dugin, is a “genuine, true, radically revolutionary and consistent, fascist fascism.”
      Dugins also says , “ Western democracy , is an absolute evil.
      Only a global crusade against the U.S., the West, globalization, and their political-ideological expression,, is capable of becoming an adequate response. . .. The American empire liber must be destroyed.”""
      Dugin says about his Eurasia zone
      This “Empire of the End” is marked by the “dialectical triad” which combines “Third Rome - Third Reich - Third International.”
      All the expectations of historic Russian messianic delusions, combined with the Joachimite aims of neonazism and Soviet Bolshevism, purportedly find their highest expression in this new ideology, according to Dugin.
      Now who really has neonazis in power that is the question and Alexander Dugin is def, a neonazis high up the power tree of Russia Yes he is in fact the architect of Putin's now Eurasia Union ..

  • @robertmazurowski5974
    @robertmazurowski5974 2 місяці тому

    Attacking Moldova would he stupid. They can't deal with Ukraine.
    Why would they split forces?

    • @FirstYokai
      @FirstYokai 2 місяці тому

      Because Moldova isn't Ukraine. The country is pretty small with a small ex soviet military. In comparison, Ukraine is massive and their army is fighting for 10 years now.

    • @ettoreatalan8303
      @ettoreatalan8303 2 місяці тому

      @@FirstYokai It is unlikely that the neighboring Ukrainian military will stand idly by while Russian war criminal henchmen wreak havoc throughout Moldova.

    • @FirstYokai
      @FirstYokai 2 місяці тому

      @@ettoreatalan8303 that's true

  • @Lucas-wn5wm
    @Lucas-wn5wm 2 місяці тому

    Many knew about this 2years ago.....

  • @flex-5213
    @flex-5213 2 місяці тому +4

    The fact you havent mention Romania in all of this means you were being lazy in this video

    • @sirgreil
      @sirgreil 2 місяці тому +1

      Blame the AI that writes it lol.

    • @xyeB
      @xyeB 2 місяці тому

      He isn’t lazy,he respects us Moldovan people. Respect to him.

    • @flex-5213
      @flex-5213 2 місяці тому

      @@xyeB read again...

    • @xyeB
      @xyeB 2 місяці тому

      @@flex-5213 I read it:) it confirms that he respects Moldovans since he doesn’t mention our enemy Romania

    • @flex-5213
      @flex-5213 2 місяці тому

      @@xyeB enemy ?

  • @andybenson2971
    @andybenson2971 2 місяці тому

    You have absolutely no idea what Putin or Trump are thinking or what they will do. You are belittling them down to cartoon villains simply because you hate them and you can't stand the thought of someone you hate being smarter than you.

  • @Ligzdotajs
    @Ligzdotajs 2 місяці тому

    Hi, Josh - the capital of Moldova is pronounced rather like Kee-shee-now not Chee-zee-now - a usual mistake by many 😜 Romanian script is like Italian regarding ci and chi

  • @hughjass1044
    @hughjass1044 2 місяці тому +1

    Is it the next target? Hell, why not? It's not as though they have to worry about anything from Europe and NATO beyond a lot of fretting and grumbling.

  • @Kodakcompactdisc
    @Kodakcompactdisc 2 місяці тому

    Why would anybody want ti be associated with a terrorist state?

  • @TheUnatuber
    @TheUnatuber 2 місяці тому

    Given the demonstrated state of the Russian military, how much real benefit to Putin would a second Trump Administration be?

    • @puraLusa
      @puraLusa 2 місяці тому

      Same as last time, an adm who promisses never war (something that can't trully be kept) and end the war by magic (he is the only one who knows how to do a deal, before him we all were uga bugas of sorts 😂) = disaster. Why? Cause for popularity points he will avoid conflicts at the cost of usa interests and putin and friends will abuse this ofcourse.

  • @Nalololol
    @Nalololol 2 місяці тому

    No lol

  • @seanlevison6361
    @seanlevison6361 2 місяці тому

    Pay the Russian soldiers to go to lunch.

    • @spudwesth
      @spudwesth 2 місяці тому

      They love their brothers , though

    • @seanlevison6361
      @seanlevison6361 2 місяці тому

      @@spudwesth so your saying their "homosexuals"

  • @martigo7152
    @martigo7152 2 місяці тому

    More likely "Putin the Putz 😂"

  • @ruslantest2908
    @ruslantest2908 2 місяці тому

    Thanks for highlighting this topic! But I'd ask you to check names of UA cities first, as we're trying to deal with soviet/russian legacy. I mean Odesa and Kyiv, not Odessa, Kiev, please

  • @rogerman65
    @rogerman65 2 місяці тому

    Stick to economics!