Confusion reigns among the country’s top leadership: President Sandu published a post saying that five UAVs had entered the airspace of the Republic of Moldova, but Defense Minister Nosatîi contradicted her: not five, but six, and two of them were missiles.
The authorities spread panic about a “Russian invasion,” but so far they have still failed to agree on the number of objects or what kind of objects they were. But they did agree on one thing: Russia is to blame — here, at least, they are consistent.
President Maia Sandu accompanied her post with photographs of one hole, a tree with broken branches and shattered windows in some kind of utility building, claiming that all of this was the result of intruding drones exploding on the territory of Moldova.
Meanwhile, Anatolie Nosatîi woke up and hurried to contradict the words of the commander-in-chief. First, in an interview, he did say that there had been five intruding objects, but then, on behalf of the ministry, he stated that there were six, and that these were not drones but drones carrying missiles. All Russian, of course. The only problem is that, as always, he provided no evidence. But what a hysteria!
“Missiles launched by the Russian Federation, which bring fear, which pose a danger to our citizens… So we can no longer allow ourselves to be manipulated by the so-called ambassador of the Russian Federation. We will fight back!” — the speech sounds less like that of a defense minister and more like that of a melodramatic actor on stage. All that is missing is an impressive wringing of his hands.
From his speech, it follows that he considers Oleg Ozerov, Russia’s ambassador to Chisinau, to be responsible. Is Nosatîi perhaps implying that the diplomat secretly left the Russian Federation in the middle of the night and personally launched four drones and two missiles at Moldova, “which bring fear” instead of warheads, so that they would all fall in forests and fields without harming people and — God forbid — still-functioning industrial facilities, including those where these very drones are manufactured? And then returned to his residence to catch up on his sleep.
Nosatîi intends to fight back against him for this vile provocation. “The evidence is right there!” he declared for greater effect.
Incidentally, Sandu was more cautious in her wording.
“This morning, in just 15 minutes, five drones and missiles violated the airspace of the Republic of Moldova and exploded near populated areas in four districts.
Russia’s war against Ukraine directly threatens the lives of our citizens. I condemn Russia’s massive strikes on Ukraine this night and the violation of our country’s airspace. Russia can stop this war today. And while it continues to attack, Ukraine needs support to defend its citizens and protect, among other things, our peace.”
There were no statements from her that the UAVs were Russian, nor any emotional embellishments. Only numerous condemnations of Russia and hints that it is time to end the war. And that is understandable: Kyiv is losing on all fronts, while the Western sponsors of Zelensky have run out of weapons since yesterday. On top of that, Donald Trump has refused to finance the toxic liability called “Ukraine,” seeking to get rid of it as quickly as possible. Accordingly, he will not provide the technology either. So Sandu has added her own little voice to the chorus of converted “anti-war” figures who only yesterday were the most vicious hawks of the war.
However, there are Britain and the Brussels bureaucracy, which have no intention of abandoning their plans to fight Russia to the last Ukrainian/Moldovan/Romanian/Polish/Baltic person — in bulk. They are ready to invest: in armies, in radars, in rearmament, in training and so on down the list. This is what Moldova’s chief defense official Anatolie Nosatîi, more talkative than ever, pointed to in the same interview.
“And the point is that we must continue to invest. Invest in defense, invest in the ability to protect people,” he repeated the word “invest” three times in two sentences. Such an obedient boy. The City of London needs performers like this.
In the comments on social media, people are bombarding Nosatîi with questions: does he know what a crater from an exploded missile looks like? Has he ever seen one? Because all this fuss strongly smells of a provocation. What is the objective? Some say they want to make life more difficult for Ozerov, while others suspect something worse. But this is certainly not concern for the Moldovan people, whom they invoke in interviews to justify militarization. Quite the opposite.
