Dragon’s teeth fortifications, pyramidal anti-tank obstacles, are seen during a press tour to present military reinforcement measures near the border of Latvia with Russia, on August 16, 2024 in Karsava, Latvia. Poland and the Baltic…
Dragon’s teeth fortifications, pyramidal anti-tank obstacles, are seen during a press tour to present military reinforcement measures near the border of Latvia with Russia, on August 16, 2024 in Karsava, Latvia. Poland and the Baltic states which all border Russia have begun fortifying their eastern frontiers.
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Moldova President Maia Sandu accused Moscow of Russian interference in elections and raised concerns about Moscow influencing the former Soviet republic, of which the breakaway Transnistria region is a part.
Soon after the start of the war in Ukraine, Russian commander Rustam Minnekaev said in April 2022 that Moscow wanted to establish a corridor through southern Ukraine to Transnistria, an area shown by Newsweek’s map. It raised questions about how the separatist enclave, which hosts a Russian military presence, might fit into Putin’s plans.
Other parts of Europe could also be vulnerable. As previously reported by Newsweek, Mark Montgomery, a retired U.S. rear admiral, said Russia’s influence in smaller conflicts in Georgia and Serbia could escalate further.
Montgomery said Putin has “been pushing the envelope with Serbia…and the Bosnians and Republic Srpska (the Serbian part of Bosnia)” and has also “leaned in hard” on Georgia, the former Soviet republic riven by protests against the governing Georgian Dream coalition which seek closer ties with Moscow.
Newsweek’s map also shows this possible complication for NATO member Turkey, which borders the South Caucasus Republic, which fought a brief war with Russia in 2008. It led to an independence declaration by the breakaway region of Abkhazia, which has faced protests over pro-Moscow legislation.
“If the NATO alliance can remain unified despite Russia’s best efforts to foster chaos and division, it will dramatically decrease the chances of Putin expanding his war beyond Ukraine,” said Muck.
A photo of excavators starting the work on the East Shield in Poland shared by the Polish prime minister on X. Poland has started work on the East Shield, which is a widescale project aiming…
A photo of excavators starting the work on the East Shield in Poland shared by the Polish prime minister on X. Poland has started work on the East Shield, which is a widescale project aiming to build defenses on Poland’s border with Russia
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