Is Moldova Russia's Next Target?

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  • čas přidán 20. 03. 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

Komentáře • 552

  • @ruicosta3855
    @ruicosta3855 Před měsícem +96

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

    • @puraLusa
      @puraLusa Před měsícem +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 Před měsícem +2

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

    • @ObeyNoLies
      @ObeyNoLies Před měsícem

      Unless they can't.

    • @CortexNewsService
      @CortexNewsService Před měsícem +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 Před měsícem +13

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

  • @ShionWinkler
    @ShionWinkler Před měsícem +54

    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 Před měsícem +8

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

    • @dragos_serghie
      @dragos_serghie Před měsícem +4

      are you familiar with planes?

    • @ShionWinkler
      @ShionWinkler Před měsícem +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 Před měsícem +2

      are you familiar with missiles?

    • @eduwino151
      @eduwino151 Před měsícem

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

  • @halldorherm
    @halldorherm Před měsícem +12

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

    • @matts2488
      @matts2488 Před měsícem +2

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

  • @nunyabidnez5857
    @nunyabidnez5857 Před měsícem +153

    Moldova should vote to become part of Romania.

    • @maximfiodorov3879
      @maximfiodorov3879 Před měsícem +8

      it had to be done in 1991.

    • @badluck5647
      @badluck5647 Před měsícem +10

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

    • @inginer20
      @inginer20 Před měsícem +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 Před měsícem +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 Před měsícem

      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?

  • @hilaryhongkong
    @hilaryhongkong Před měsícem +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 Před měsícem +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 Před měsícem +1

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

    • @MrMordechaiAnilevich
      @MrMordechaiAnilevich Před měsícem +3

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

  • @thepax2621
    @thepax2621 Před měsícem +19

    Certainly wouldn't come as a surprise 🤷🏻‍♀️

    • @Ailasher
      @Ailasher Před měsícem

      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 Před měsícem

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

  • @calebbearup4282
    @calebbearup4282 Před měsícem +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 Před měsícem

      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.

  • @brand8590
    @brand8590 Před měsícem +4

    Good show, thank you.

  • @user-hh1bs6ox7w
    @user-hh1bs6ox7w Před měsícem +3

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

    • @Joel86543
      @Joel86543 Před měsícem +1

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

    • @user-hh1bs6ox7w
      @user-hh1bs6ox7w Před měsícem

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

    • @Joel86543
      @Joel86543 Před měsícem

      @@user-hh1bs6ox7w Bro describing himself

  • @mathnerd97
    @mathnerd97 Před měsícem +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 Před měsícem

      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 Před měsícem

      ​@@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 Před měsícem

      ​@@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

  • @laci272
    @laci272 Před měsícem +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 Před měsícem +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 Před měsícem +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 Před měsícem

      @@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 Před měsícem +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 Před měsícem +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.

  • @TSEEMOD_618
    @TSEEMOD_618 Před měsícem

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

  • @chuckmarius323
    @chuckmarius323 Před měsícem +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 Před měsícem +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 Před měsícem +2

      Armenia lost that one on it's own.

    • @CortexNewsService
      @CortexNewsService Před měsícem +1

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

    • @nathanhiggers4606
      @nathanhiggers4606 Před měsícem

      Armenia is a very dumb example if you know the situation

    • @user-xl6bm1dt3v
      @user-xl6bm1dt3v Před měsícem

      @@nathanhiggers4606 do you mind telling about the situation?

  • @user-yh1nm1vy3i
    @user-yh1nm1vy3i Před měsícem +4

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

  • @seanbrazell7095
    @seanbrazell7095 Před měsícem +2

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

  • @jiamiekori6575
    @jiamiekori6575 Před měsícem +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

  • @simonpannett8810
    @simonpannett8810 Před měsícem +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 Před měsícem +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.

  • @jeffsiegwart
    @jeffsiegwart Před měsícem +1

    Why leave out other county like Georgia?

  • @CTDucu
    @CTDucu Před měsícem +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 Před měsícem +1

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

    • @AlecsNeo
      @AlecsNeo Před měsícem

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

    • @kinai01
      @kinai01 Před měsícem

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

    • @nathanhiggers4606
      @nathanhiggers4606 Před měsícem +1

      @@AlecsNeo Romania's actions were never justified

    • @paulg930
      @paulg930 Před měsícem +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

  • @andysm1964
    @andysm1964 Před měsícem +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

  • @Aristothielian
    @Aristothielian Před měsícem +9

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

    • @puraLusa
      @puraLusa Před měsícem +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 Před měsícem +5

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

    • @randomdude4255
      @randomdude4255 Před měsícem +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 Před měsícem

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

    • @ChristoffelTensors
      @ChristoffelTensors Před měsícem

      @@randomdude4255 You are describing the American military

  • @dragosstanciu9866
    @dragosstanciu9866 Před měsícem +4

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

    • @puraLusa
      @puraLusa Před měsícem +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 Před měsícem

      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 Před měsícem

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

    • @puraLusa
      @puraLusa Před měsícem

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

  • @wyattterrell
    @wyattterrell Před měsícem +2

    So basically c.o.d 4

  • @firefox39693
    @firefox39693 Před měsícem +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 Před měsícem

      UK troops are there already..

    • @firefox39693
      @firefox39693 Před měsícem +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 Před měsícem

      ​@@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 Před měsícem

      @@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.

  • @psihozefir
    @psihozefir Před měsícem +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.

  • @michaeldunham3385
    @michaeldunham3385 Před měsícem +3

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

    • @snowdogthewolf
      @snowdogthewolf Před měsícem

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

  • @jorgeyamane6655
    @jorgeyamane6655 Před měsícem

    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

  • @user-pj2kq9qr7c
    @user-pj2kq9qr7c Před měsícem

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

  • @markmierzejewski9534
    @markmierzejewski9534 Před měsícem +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.

  • @gooldii1
    @gooldii1 Před měsícem

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

  • @gforce0311
    @gforce0311 Před měsícem +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 Před měsícem +1

      this channel spreads a lot of lies

    • @freetolook3727
      @freetolook3727 Před měsícem +5

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

    • @dioniscaraus6124
      @dioniscaraus6124 Před měsícem

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

    • @theropoy9371
      @theropoy9371 Před měsícem +1

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

  • @IrrationalCharm
    @IrrationalCharm Před měsícem +14

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

    • @scorpiovenator_4736
      @scorpiovenator_4736 Před měsícem +2

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

    • @IrrationalCharm
      @IrrationalCharm Před měsícem +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 Před měsícem

      @@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 Před měsícem

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

    • @phild3936
      @phild3936 Před měsícem +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.

  • @cornelnaumencu5272
    @cornelnaumencu5272 Před měsícem +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 Před měsícem

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

  • @vitaliecraciun4063
    @vitaliecraciun4063 Před měsícem +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 Před měsícem

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

    • @vitaliecraciun4063
      @vitaliecraciun4063 Před měsícem

      @@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?

  • @johnashleyhalls
    @johnashleyhalls Před měsícem +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?

  • @popacristian2056
    @popacristian2056 Před měsícem +1

    *Reunification of Romania must take place imediately!*

  • @bogdan78pop
    @bogdan78pop Před měsícem +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 Před měsícem

      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.

  • @Eoin-B
    @Eoin-B Před měsícem +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 Před měsícem +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 Před měsícem +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 Před měsícem

      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 Před měsícem

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

    • @xyeB
      @xyeB Před měsícem

      @@samuelpenniman1593yes.

  • @dwightbelinfanti836
    @dwightbelinfanti836 Před měsícem

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

  • @ingamgoduka57
    @ingamgoduka57 Před měsícem

    Transnistria isn't that under Russian control?

  • @liamjones7322
    @liamjones7322 Před měsícem

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

  • @SCOTTRUSE
    @SCOTTRUSE Před měsícem

    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?

  • @vladnicu1281
    @vladnicu1281 Před měsícem

    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.

  • @mrpilkington9710
    @mrpilkington9710 Před měsícem +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 Před měsícem

      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 Před měsícem

      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 Před měsícem

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

  • @ludmilabarbei1986
    @ludmilabarbei1986 Před měsícem

    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…

  • @alexandrosonassis3436
    @alexandrosonassis3436 Před měsícem +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!

  • @thedyingfetus9493
    @thedyingfetus9493 Před měsícem +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 Před měsícem

      acording to plan... 😂

    • @zollen123
      @zollen123 Před měsícem

      Russia could win the war if US stop sending aids.

  • @popacristian2056
    @popacristian2056 Před měsícem

    Reintregirea Romaniei trebuie sa aiba loc cat mai curand.

  • @IulianYT
    @IulianYT Před měsícem

    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.

  • @modir007
    @modir007 Před měsícem

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

  • @joebidet2050
    @joebidet2050 Před měsícem

    Russia have been in transnitria 2 years ago !

  • @toni8003
    @toni8003 Před měsícem

    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.

  • @AK-ej5ml
    @AK-ej5ml Před měsícem

    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.

  • @popacristian2056
    @popacristian2056 Před měsícem

    Reunification of Romania must take place as soon as possible.

  • @andybenson2971
    @andybenson2971 Před měsícem

    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.

  • @CARL_093
    @CARL_093 Před měsícem

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

  • @Alex-hu8gj
    @Alex-hu8gj Před měsícem +1

    What is the distance between USA and Moldova ?

    • @wamingo
      @wamingo Před měsícem +3

      About 15 minutes by F16?

    • @puraLusa
      @puraLusa Před měsícem +2

      More than usa - russia who are at walking distance 😂

    • @selcovoilucian8253
      @selcovoilucian8253 Před měsícem +7

      About 150 years

    • @puraLusa
      @puraLusa Před měsícem +1

      @@selcovoilucian8253 that was mean 😂

    • @selcovoilucian8253
      @selcovoilucian8253 Před měsícem

      @@puraLusa și totuși adevărat

  • @user-id8qb3od3z
    @user-id8qb3od3z Před měsícem +1

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

  • @egg174
    @egg174 Před měsícem +2

    Let's go shopping in MallDova

  • @Alitacyan
    @Alitacyan Před měsícem +3

    EU should do more to protect Moldova

    • @sirc1446
      @sirc1446 Před měsícem

      Romania will do that, no need for the Eu

  • @user-ij5dt9of7v
    @user-ij5dt9of7v Před měsícem +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 Před měsícem

      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 Před měsícem

      @@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 ..

  • @andrewadams6905
    @andrewadams6905 Před měsícem

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

  • @eastcoastsailingcenter7768
    @eastcoastsailingcenter7768 Před měsícem

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

  • @popacristian2056
    @popacristian2056 Před měsícem

    *Reintregirea fireasca trebuie sa se faca acum!*

  • @vendeux
    @vendeux Před měsícem

    Think people are finally stating to realise Ukraine lost the second they were invaded. Thousands of men have died for nothing, because we in the West kept egging on Ukraine to fight a war they simply could not win.

  • @DacianRider
    @DacianRider Před měsícem +5

    say NO to ruzzian conquest and propaganda !

  • @martincatoniryan1638
    @martincatoniryan1638 Před měsícem

    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.

  • @victorradu9645
    @victorradu9645 Před měsícem +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 ...

  • @robertmazurowski5974
    @robertmazurowski5974 Před měsícem

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

    • @theropoy9371
      @theropoy9371 Před měsícem

      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 Před měsícem

      @@theropoy9371 It is unlikely that the neighboring Ukrainian military will stand idly by while Russian war criminal henchmen wreak havoc throughout Moldova.

    • @theropoy9371
      @theropoy9371 Před měsícem

      @@ettoreatalan8303 that's true

  • @Air-bear
    @Air-bear Před měsícem

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

  • @TheUnatuber
    @TheUnatuber Před měsícem

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

    • @puraLusa
      @puraLusa Před měsícem

      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.

  • @BobsProd
    @BobsProd Před měsícem

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

  • @miladinperic837
    @miladinperic837 Před měsícem

    Why would Russia attack NATO??

    • @Joel86543
      @Joel86543 Před měsícem

      Moldova is not in NATO

  • @patricksilopita3897
    @patricksilopita3897 Před měsícem

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

  • @freetolook3727
    @freetolook3727 Před měsícem

    Does the Kaganov Doctrine include Alaska?

  • @stipe3124
    @stipe3124 Před měsícem +3

    Well how is that even possible withouth taking whole Ukraine or at least Odessa and they can't do a town size off Avdiivka withouth 5 months fighting, now that USA left for few months and leftn Ukraine alone with just EU help,Ukraine is still holding.

    • @ian2372
      @ian2372 Před měsícem +2

      The entire Ukrainian army is retreating and collapsing in the east, another front is about to open up around Belgorod and Kharkiv. What are you talking about?

    • @stipe3124
      @stipe3124 Před měsícem

      @@ian2372 Few villages and one barely medium town is not colapse, i mean in reality it was ten years to take Avdiivka and in proces it got completely destroyed, that is just a disaster of an attack and truth to be told disaster of a war because it was not a something that had to be but stupid Russian imperialism, nothing will colapse, not this year and not next year.
      I actually lived in a country (still live) that had war and for almost 4 years situation was very bad and than it all turned around and now we are in the EU and just another boring European country that is good in Football but in 1992/1993 everything was "Collpasing"

  • @FTOWO
    @FTOWO Před měsícem

    lol clips from the Davos agenda 😂😂 bruh you’re crazy that’s not allied 😂😂😂

  • @krishnam1
    @krishnam1 Před měsícem +1

    So no agreement was ever reached. "Moscow had a lot to do with it". What about Boris Johnson and the UK telling Ukraine to not agree? Even Turkey says the agreement was almost signed until that clown showed up and threw a spanner in the works. Ukrainian blood and NATO arms. Raytheon approved!

  • @jigpig4140
    @jigpig4140 Před měsícem

    Josh which hair salon you regularly visit.

  • @user-pz6ls4uk8k
    @user-pz6ls4uk8k Před měsícem

    Всему в свое время

  • @mcdazz2011
    @mcdazz2011 Před měsícem +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.

  • @flex-5213
    @flex-5213 Před měsícem +4

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

    • @sirgreil
      @sirgreil Před měsícem +1

      Blame the AI that writes it lol.

    • @xyeB
      @xyeB Před měsícem

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

    • @flex-5213
      @flex-5213 Před měsícem

      @@xyeB read again...

    • @xyeB
      @xyeB Před měsícem

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

    • @flex-5213
      @flex-5213 Před měsícem

      @@xyeB enemy ?

  • @FlamingBasketballClub
    @FlamingBasketballClub Před měsícem

    Moldova almost qualified for Euro 2024.
    😭😭😭

  • @hughjass1044
    @hughjass1044 Před měsícem +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.

  • @andreyhempburn
    @andreyhempburn Před měsícem +2

    Transnistria has coins made of plastic.

  • @romanstoianov9927
    @romanstoianov9927 Před měsícem

    Europe and nato will be extremely concerned

  • @thepax2621
    @thepax2621 Před měsícem +5

    Moldova, the Baltic Countries, Georgia again, Poland... lots of potential new "russian" territories 🤷🏻‍♀️

    • @eduardtarniceriu102
      @eduardtarniceriu102 Před měsícem

      ZERO chance for Russia . They can't take Ukraine for 2 years , how will they take Poland ?

    • @mrpilkington9710
      @mrpilkington9710 Před měsícem

      Good if they join Russia they might be able to survive the coming century of the EU desperately flooding its member states with African and middle eastern immigrants in a bone headed scheme to keep the GDP numbers & lavish welfare state the members have created for themselves alive due to birth rate collapse

    • @walkingcarpet420
      @walkingcarpet420 Před měsícem

      Putin will never invade NATO territory

    • @alexandrosonassis3436
      @alexandrosonassis3436 Před měsícem

      stop watching fake jew news channels like CNN, Russian does NOT need new territories it only protects its own RUSSIAN populations, so Poland is totally out of the map, and the Baltics Putin explains he doesnt care about them, of course they also have to respect their Russian ethnic groups and this is allegedly also EU law too.

    • @dioniscaraus6124
      @dioniscaraus6124 Před měsícem

      Don't forget West Germany

  • @JUAN_OLIVIER
    @JUAN_OLIVIER Před měsícem +2

    Ukraine is just waiting for a reason to flatten Transnistria.

    • @ObeyNoLies
      @ObeyNoLies Před měsícem +3

      Ukraine won't be able to flatten a carpet pretty soon.

  • @MrMordechaiAnilevich
    @MrMordechaiAnilevich Před měsícem

    I have lived and worked in Moldova and Transnistria, and I have a military background. Your analysis is over dramatic and nonsense. These countries are not interested in being the next front line with Moscow. Transnistria is largely cut off from Russia and would be a disaster for Russia to defend. Most Moldovans speak Romanian, and Romania would intervene in Moldova to defend it. If it has take three years for Russia to take 15% of Ukraine and struggle to keep it, how do you think they would go fighting in Transnistria when it is wedged between Ukraine and Romanian backed Moldova? Did you bother to look at a map? I doubt it. You can't even pronounce Chisinau and Tiraspol. Go home and do some homework.😂

  • @solomonkassahun9577
    @solomonkassahun9577 Před měsícem +1

    The prejudice displayed in this video is utterly repulsive.

  • @Black_Sun_Dark_Star
    @Black_Sun_Dark_Star Před měsícem +4

    So what happens to democracy? I thought the people gets to choose what they really want? Or is that another hypocrisy?

  • @thiscouldntblowmore
    @thiscouldntblowmore Před měsícem

    Putin has at least 20 years left in his life, maybe even 25, 30 or more given how old his parents that suffered tru ww2 in Soviet union lived and advances in medical tech..

  • @tobago3679
    @tobago3679 Před měsícem

    WTF is this intro (1min30 in), stay on subject, do a clean intro and spare us your anglo politics

  • @user-pj2kq9qr7c
    @user-pj2kq9qr7c Před měsícem

    Isn't Trump Awaiting trials in the USA?

  • @Ligzdotajs
    @Ligzdotajs Před měsícem

    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

  • @ruslantest2908
    @ruslantest2908 Před měsícem

    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

  • @user-mx5of2yx8j
    @user-mx5of2yx8j Před měsícem

    We don't need your recognition

  • @tawandapfupa2072
    @tawandapfupa2072 Před měsícem +5

    Defend Moldova with all cost

    • @mrpilkington9710
      @mrpilkington9710 Před měsícem

      No

    • @randynewton832
      @randynewton832 Před měsícem

      Screw Moldova, let them defend themselves. They talk a big game but are dependent on big daddy USA to bail them out of military and economic bad decisions

    • @DacianRider
      @DacianRider Před měsícem

      Indeed. Moldova belongs with EU and NATO. ruzzia needs go back to its swamp.

  • @jackiepie7423
    @jackiepie7423 Před měsícem

    10:09 isn't that how WWII started? whose calling whom a Nazi?

  • @eddyr1041
    @eddyr1041 Před měsícem

    So it is playing both side... bold 😅....was