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Instability inside moldova . Unfortunately, that is the case, and a certain number of russian proxies are trying to destabilise the republic of moldova. And even though theyre trying hard, Moldovan Society is resilient. We, as the government, are doing our utmost to make sure that moldova remains stable and firmly anchored into the free world. And were carrying on with reforms, notjust muddling through, but actually achieving meaningful progress, despite the efforts on the russian side to implem...

Mihai popsoi, welcome to hardtalk. My pleasure. Would it be fair to say that there are increasing signs of deep political instability inside moldova . Unfortunately, that is the case, and a certain number of russian proxies are trying to destabilise the republic of moldova. And even though theyre trying hard, Moldovan Society is resilient. We, as the government, are doing our utmost to make sure that moldova remains stable and firmly anchored into the free world. And were carrying on with reform...

Its about the size of rhode island. transnistria is a separatist enclave. it has around 500,000 people. russia reportedly wanting a land link to the region for decades. the commanders justifications are familiar, rescuing russian language speakers from what hes calling oppression and the thing is, in this little breakaway region here, saying how small it is, they also have significant number of ukrainian speakers. they have a large ukrainian population, and yasmin, the leaders of this breakaway ...

Its war on ukraine. russian general confirmed that by seizing donbas, russia would have land corridor to crimea. by having the east and the south, russia would then be able to access the russian separatist enclave in the nation of maldova. tens of thoi usands of russian troops have been deployed there. evacuations had been going on but very slowly. in another eastern town just 25 people, on a bus, under very dangerous russian shelling.

Largely silent throughout all of this. weve seen the united states negotiating with russia, nato stating its position. but the ukrainian president zelensky has come out and said he wants peace. he wants a total piece deal and hes pursuing his own track of negotiations with georgia, france, russia, and obviously, ukraine. and he wants to find a permanent closure to the war, the ongoing war that has been lasting nearly eight years in eastern ukraine. and that war, a war within the war, so to speak...

Of ukrainian forces close to that eastern separatist enclave in ukraine, pro russian separatists propped by moscow. theyre saying, the kremlin is saying it is the ukrainians that is massing for an attack and some of the leaders have been on russian television today putting their position forward. but i think it was a very, very, very telling statement put out by the foreign ministry spokeswoman today, coming in the last few minutes. and she is taking aim at that growing rift between the united s...

That that could take two to three years, that russia would be forced to send in reserve troops, and that there is a potential minimal option and to watch february 14th, the date for -- a tentative date for a vote in the russian duma on recognizing an enclave in ukraine which is controlled by pro-russian separatists, that if that vote goes ahead and russia decides to officially recognize this separatist enclave, then putin, russia, could decide to move into an area in ukraine it already effective...

Beginning. >> reporter: yeah. i mean, were already starting to see something like that beginning to the east of where im standing now, right on the border of the evidence is declare, that russian-backed separatist enclave that was cleaved off the country. that timeline that secretary blinken laid out for the security council, thats a play book and thats something that weve seen before in georgia back in 2008. >> right. >> reporter: and its something that we know is part of the russian play book,...