Belarusian president displays map suggesting Putin plans to attack Moldova

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Alexander Lukashenko displayed a map during a meeting of his country's security council that said Russia may be planning aggressive moves against the Republic of Moldova.

Lukashenko is a close friend of Putin. He is said to be planning to commit his own country's troops to the conflict in order to allow Putin to use the country as a staging ground for his invasion of Ukraine.

The map shared by the Financial Times Moscow bureau chief shows that Ukraine has four operational command districts, with red arrows indicating planned troop movements.

One of the arrows goes from the southern Ukrainian port city of Odessa to the other side of the Moldovan border.

Lukashenko, addressing his security council, points to a map of Ukraine that shows what look like planned troop movements, infrastructure targets, and the country divided into four parts pic.twitter.com/O81hpIvZM3
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In January, Ukrainian intelligence warned that Russia could start false flag operations in Moldova to justify intervention in the pro-Russian region of Transnistria.

Since 1992, the Moldovan government has had no authority over Transnistria, a small strip of land that is internationally recognized as part of Moldova. Russian troops have been in Transnistria ever since.

The head of the parliament in Transnistria requested to join Russia after Putin took control of the peninsula.

Alexander Lukashenko may have shared Russia's plan of attack for Ukraine.
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