Russia does not have enough resources to reach Odesa, Transnistria and close the loop, and NATO does not see the risk of an imminent military attack on the Republic of Moldova, said the Deputy Secretary General of the North Atlantic Alliance in an interview with TVR INFO, Mircea Joane.

Mircea Joane, Deputy Secretary General of NATOPhoto: Petras Malukas / AFP / Profimedia Images

“This does not mean that the Russian Federation is not using, as we say, the entire arsenal of hybrid war against the Republic of Moldova,” said the NATO representative, who emphasized that the attempt to overthrow the elected democratic regime “is an active operation” in the Republic of Moldova.

“I said and I repeat, we do not see the risk of an imminent military attack on the Republic of Moldova by the Russian Federation. For a very simple reason: they do not have enough resources to reach Odesa, Transnistria and close the loop. This does not mean that the Russian The Federation is not using, as we say, the entire arsenal of the hybrid war against the Republic of Moldova,” Mircea Joane pointed out.

“The attempt to overthrow the elected democratic regime is an active operation, the mobilization of political forces from the Republic of Moldova, communication, disinformation, lies are being used on a very large scale in the Republic of Moldova,” said the Deputy Secretary General of NATO, reports TVR Info.