After Moldovan officials expressed a desire to boost the country’s defense capability by obtaining the necessary weapons, Russia’s foreign ministry warned that NATO’s plans to pump weapons into the republic are a “dud”.
Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Mikhail Galuzin added that the intensification of cooperation between the Moldovan capital, Chisinau, and NATO countries in the military and military-technical fields is a factor that strongly undermines the security of Moldova itself.
You have Ukraine as proof
He also saw that experience confirms that the reckless pumping of Western weapons into Moldova or the deployment of NATO units on its territory adds nothing to its security and sovereignty.
On the contrary, he felt that this brings him much closer to disaster, citing the Ukrainian experience.
On the edge
Interestingly, Moldova’s Defense Minister Anatoly Nosati had announced his country’s need to set up an air defense system, but he lacks the funds to do so.
Moldova could turn into another Ukraine
Moldova, like Ukraine, was formerly part of the Soviet Union until Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev dissolved the sprawling communist country in the 1990s.
The Russian military operation on Ukrainian territory has exacerbated its security concerns, since the expansion of the Russians towards its borders, then it has started to approach NATO, which has angered Moscow.
