In mid-October 2022, Vladimir Putin declared the southern Ukraine city of Kherson annexed and officially part of permanent Russia. In less than a month his army is in full retreat across the Dnipro river under heavy bombardment from Ukrainian troops.
Prior Russo-Ukrainian War (2014 to present) which is devastating to that nation, the tiny landlocked Moldova was the leading candidate for the most backward country in Europe. Situated between Romania and Ukraine, chief among Moldova’s issues is the unresolved ‘Transnistria war,’ and Russia’s stance on that issue.
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