The Russian army massed in eastern Ukraine to go to Transnistria, uh...
(BRUSSELS2) Very recently, the Commander-in-Chief of NATO, General Philip M. Breedlove, estimated that the Russian troops massed in the east of Ukraine could threaten Transnistria, located 800 km to the west! It's ingenious as a method of communication. In military matters, it seems more complicated to me, unless you want to... invade Ukraine. I am not an expert in military tactics. But... It makes me think of certain Franco-German wars, where we feared the arrival of the Germans from the East because they were massing troops while it was so easy to pass through the flat country to the North. I don't know eastern Ukraine but I know a little about Transnistria and Odessa for having traveled a few roads there (*).
Let's look at the cards...
Do the exercise, take a map, cross the whole of Ukraine, to send troops to Transnistria doesn't really seem like the most brilliant idea of a bounty... First of all, because there are already Russian troops in Transnistria who control this narrow strip of territory without too much problem. Then, if we want to send others, or carry out the reliefs (which can be problematic today), it seems simpler to leave Crimea, closer, to disembark near Odessa, at Illichivs'k and then take the M14 road (local dual carriageway) which is a few tens of km from Transnistria. On the way, we cut the narrow part of the Ukrainian territory bordering Moldavia, not far from Gagaouzia, and we encircle Odessa a little. After there is a movement that leaves from the East, and another from the West, it is military tactics. And that is beyond me 🙂
(*) Read the report made in 2008
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