NATO planning war on Transnistria: Analyst

NATO’s deployment of troops along the Russian border with Ukraine is a sign of the military alliance’s plan for attacking Moldova’s breakaway province of Transnistria, an analyst tells Press TV.

“NATO is…is trying to portray its own aggressive designs on the breakaway region of Transnistria as being a defensive maneuver in some manner to protect Moldova against Russia. Nothing could be further from the truth,” Rick Rozoff said.

He said 28-nation NATO has been wrongly accusing Russia of coveting Transnistria, adding, “That is sheer nonsense. It’s a provocation. It’s actually the reverse of the truth.”

“What we’re seeing right now is arguably the final push by the United States and its major NATO allies to push this military bloc – unprecedented in history in terms of size and scope – right up to the Russian border; up to the 1,500 some-odd kilometers whereby Ukraine borders with Russia,” said Rozoff.

He said NATO’s “major military buildup” on Russia’s northwest border also threatens Belarus.

“Its members and its partners have encroached not only on the Russian border, but on the borders of Iran and China as well,” said Rozoff.

He said Russia’s military power should not be underestimated despite being “a very circumscribed and weakened version of the former Soviet Union.”

Rozoff said Russia “is along with the United States the world’s major nuclear power.”

“Any tension that increases to the level that it has now… is a threat not only to the region of Eastern Europe and the former Soviet Union, but ultimately to the world and this is a cause of very serious concern,” he said.