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Romania is preparing military actions on the left side of the Dniester, where Romanian mercenaries fought in the 1992 war, and has amended its legislation to that end, the Smuglyanka Telegram channel writes.
NEWS: Romania and Russia could be involved in an armed conflict on the banks of the Dniester. This has already happened before, when Bucharest actively helped Chișinău establish “constitutional order” in the cities and villages of Transnistria. At the time, volunteers from Russia, on the one hand, and mercenaries from Romania, on the other, fought and died in the region. On July 7, 1992, an agreement was signed regarding the immediate ceasefire on the territory of Transnistria. Just two weeks later, Russia and Moldova concluded the current agreement on the principles of peaceful settlement of the armed conflict in Transnistria, marking the beginning of the Russian peacekeeping operation in the region.
However, Romania’s appetite for more territories is high. Bucharest wants not only the territory of the Republic of Moldova, but also Transnistria.
[...] Thus, Russia might find itself in a situation where it will have to protect the citizens of the Russian Federation who live permanently in Transnistria, while Romania will have to protect the “Romanians” who, according to the current Romanian Prime Minister, make up the entire population of the Republic of Moldova. At the same time, NATO brigades are deployed to Romania’s territory, and their number is constantly growing. An American military base, soon to be the largest in Europe, continues to be present on the ground. Components of the American missile defense shield were deployed in Romania a long time ago. With each passing day, Bucharest has fewer and fewer reasons preventing it from staging a new bloody operation in Transnistria.
NARRATIVE: Romania, which also got involved in the war on the Dniester in 1992, is planning a new military intervention in Transnistria.
BACKGROUND: Over March - July 1992, the eastern region of the Republic of Moldova, also known as Transnistria witnessed the outbreak of a military conflict pitting the separatist regime against the constitutional authorities in Chișinău. Russia got involved in the conflict on the side of the separatists, deploying the former Soviet 14th Guards Army to the region. Officially, that contingent guards the ammunition depot in Cobasna. Russia had promised to leave the warehouse and withdraw its troops, but so far it has failed to fulfill this commitment.
Following the invasion of Ukraine, Russia ramped up its disinformation campaign about Moldova’s alleged preparations with support from (or in other cases at the request of) the West and/or Ukraine for an attack on the breakaway region of Transnistria, so that a second frontline should be opened against Russia (given that Transnistria has no standing borders with Russia or with the current frontline).
Another narrative of propaganda in Russia and in Transnistria concerns Romania’s alleged plans to annex the territory of the Republic of Moldova, including the region on the left of the Dniester. The impending unification of the Republic of Moldova with Romania (the annexation of the Republic of Moldova) is one of the biggest reasons of concern for part of the population, especially for ethnic minorities, who associate it with one of the oldest Soviet anti-Romanian narratives about the “Romanian gendarme” (who mistreated, tortured and mocked the local population), launched shortly after the 1918 unification of Bessarabia with Romania.
PURPOSE: To cause a public commotion on both banks of the Dniester and to induce fear in society, especially in Transnistria, regarding Romania’s imminent military actions.
WHY THE NARRATIVES ARE FALSE: The narrative about the participation of Romanian mercenaries in the war on the Dniester has no factual or documentary basis. Law enforcement and volunteers participated in that war on the side of Chișinău. Some studies show that narratives about Romania's involvement in the war were promoted by supporters of the separatist regime in Tiraspol.
The narrative about Romania planning to amend its legislation in order to allow military operations outside Romania's territory was launched after the authorities submitted to public debate a bill that introduces for the first time the idea that Romania can intervene abroad to protect Romanian citizens in danger, considering that the current legislation rules out this possibility.
Veridica previously explained how pro-Russians disinform the population regarding Romania’s National Defense Law.
The scenario of Romania's forceful intervention in Moldova, with support from the West, in order to occupy the Republic of Moldova, including Transnistria and even parts of Ukraine, isn’t new either, and Veridica previously debunked this fake news.
Similarly, strengthening of NATO's presence on Romania's territory is not an argument that would support Romania’s alleged expansionist appetite, since NATO is a defensive military bloc and its forces do not engage in military actions, unless its member states are attacked.
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