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Frankly I wouldn't mind even if that were true. It's not like anyone would attack Moldova except for Russia. And it's not like Moldova would attack Russia in their own accord either. Hence training the soldiers to shoot at Russian uniformed soldiers is not that weird.
But yeah this is probably seen by the average Russian as, Moldova wants to attack us (or rather Transnistria) and that already has them fuming
Not sure what the average Russian thinks, but it's certainly an attempt by the Kremlin to create a narrative that can then serve as a justification for the next invasion as others have already said in this thread.
In a weird move of late to distort reality, Belarus self-proclaimed leader Aliaksandr Lukashenko said in a recent interview that Russia did not invade Ukraine, but only "came in making a detour while returning home from exercises".
In particular, Alexander Lukashenko presented a new version of the events of February 2022, stating that at that time a large-scale joint military exercise with Russia was held in Belarus. According to him, the manoeuvres were held in the south of the country, at Brest and Baranovichi firing ranges, after which the withdrawal of Russian troops began through Homel and southern regions of Belarus, mainly by rail. Lukashenko claims that at some point the columns turned south and entered Ukraine, travelling along the Leningrad-Odessa highway.
He specified that they were talking about the units of the Eastern Military District of the Russian Federation, which had arrived from eastern Russia. At the same time, Lukashenko, when asked why the Russian troops were moving home through Kiev, said that this should be asked to Vladimir Putin and Vladimir Zelensky. He stressed that he was not privy to the details of possible military plans [...]
According to Lukashenko, he had a conversation with Putin when Russian troops were in Kiev. Putin told him that the Ukrainian military allegedly "hid in kindergartens and schools," and therefore he would not strike those facilities. Lukashenko noted that Putin ordered the withdrawal of troops, believing promises of a quick end to the war, but the fighting continued.
How out of touch can one get? [Edit typo.]
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Yeah it's to generate the narrative that it's not protection but agression (anyone remembers the same thing about Ukraine and NATO?)
It's a hybrid tactic to prepare people for the justification to invade Moldova after Ukraine. It's going to work.
The only ones who would attack Moldova is Russia.