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  Transnistria is more of a USSR hangover than a 21st century 'little green men' style quiet invasion. Its self-declared 'autonomy' predates Moldova's declaration if independence in 1991. However, Russia's continued support for this corrupt little puppet prevents any sort of status negotiations taking place, and Russia has also tried to influence Moldovan elections and its involvement was a leading factor in the 2019 constitutional crisis. 
  Pretty clear that Russia's plan back as far as 2014 was to divide Ukraine into 'Novorossia' (new Russian regions along the entire coastline including Transnistria) and a rump Ukraine west of the Dniper river, which would either be a puppet state or left to the West (since without access to the sea and much of its industrial heartlands, the remainder of Ukraine would be strategically worthless to them). They literally circulated maps of this back in 2014.
  All pretty sus.
context: I’m guessing Russia’s response is “don’t join nato to keep us from invading, or we’ll invade” >
  
  Moldova's mulling and Russia's rushing >
  
  Reminds me of that joke.. If you're Russian to the bathroom, what are you inside it?
  European! >
  
  And after you’re done, you’re Finnish. >
  
  Don't forget the zipper Czech. >
  
  Doubly important if rushing because you're Hungary. >
  
  wipe the seat to make sure there's no Moldova it >
  
  
  wipe the seat to make sure there's no German it
  
  I hate participating in pun threads but there's nor way I could let this slide >
  
  Give it a nice Polish >
  
  This war has revived NATO and reminded the world why it exists in the first place.  If one of the goals was to prevent NATO expansion, Putin has not only failed, he’s accelerated it. >
  
  It’s me. Hi. I’m the problem, it’s me. >
  
  Russia mulls invading Moldova for considering joining NATO. >
  
  They already have.
  It's called Transnistria. >
  
  Funny thing is Russia wants absolutely nothing to do with Transnistria, they just seeded that population in order to prevent Moldova from doing anything like join NATO. >
  
  Then why did plans to invade leak during the beginning of the war? Russia is greedy and wants what ever it can get its claws on. If Ukraine fell Moldova would have been invaded the next day. >
  
  Maskirovka.  Russia is at all times about to invade all of its neighbors while simultaneously not having any plans to invade anybody at all. >
  
  They would have to first deal with their own separatists in Transnistria, and the Russian influcence throughout their society. >
  
  Are they the same separatists that always coincidentally pop up in a place russia wants to invade >
  
  Pretty much. 
  Also, I think weev hangs out in Transnistria.  Or did at some stage.