Former secret service chief takes a map and shows why he is worried: “Russians have equipment and men for this.”
The warning is not new, the speculation of this scenario is not new, but the threat is “very real”: Russia can invade Moldova. Very quickly.
Iurii Briceag was chief of Intelligence Services in Moldova. Their body posture and voice do not show a very worried person but, after opening the map, The warnings are serious.
“If Ukraine weakens, the Russian troops of transnistria will reach Chișinu (capital of Moldova) in a matter of days.”
In this interview with, the idea of iurii It is not to launch an alarm in your country. But yours experience, os facts and a deep understanding From the hybrid war – that Moldova has been suffering for decades – originate these warnings.
The former secret services leader (between 2020 and 2022) ensures that this analysis is not speculation. It is not a “movie”. The military man has seen in Moldova hybrid attacks supported by Russia, political sabotage, and misinformation campaigns that shaken the region’s stability.
“I don’t believe Ukraine can lose”continued Biceag. “But if the Russians can break and get around Odessa, they can advance to transnistria. They already have the equipment and the men for that. A few days later, they may arrive in chișin“.
“These are very real threats, And we should take them seriously, ”continues the former head of Moldovia information services.
Iurii Briceag has gone to Ukraine several times. Visit injured soldiers, has meetings with legislators. Your message is clear: “The Russian War is not just for Ukraine. It’s for us too.”
Transnistry is “North Korea Brand”
In relation to the role of the strategy of Russia, the summary is this: “The military presence of Russia in transnistria is like a pimple”.
According to Iurii, 80% of this contingent is composed of molding citizens residing in transnistria and molding documents. “We need to restore the constitutional order – not to shoot our own people. There are other methods – economic, financial, legal. ”
Iurii Briceag has also been in the self-proclaimed republic of transnistria and, when he goes there, has the feeling that is back in the USSR times.
“I had the opportunity to walk the streets, talk to people, see what’s on the shelves of stores. If we had a time machine, I would take us directly back to the Soviet Union. It’s tidy and clean, but everything is precarious. And on TV still broadcast slogans And frightening stories about how Romanians will arrive and oppress. It is an arm of North Korea“He analyzed.
