Josh Rogin: If Ukraine falls to Russia, Moldova knows it is next in the firing line
If Vladimir Putin isn’t stopped, ‘then all democracies are in trouble,’ says Moldovan foreign minister
After months of delay, the US Congress last week passed urgent aid for Ukraine in its fight against Russian aggression. But Vladimir Putin’s expansionist aims do not end there.
In Moldova, wedged between an embattled Ukraine and Romania, Russia’s interference is only increasing. And without more Western help, its foreign minister told me, this small country could fall under Moscow’s control.
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