* In recent months, Moscow's troops have made gains in East and South Ukraine
* Analysts believe the Kremlin is trying to create a land bridge to Transnistria
* The break-away region controls a sliver of land between Moldova and Ukraine
* Moldova's PM Natalia Gavrilita said troops are in Transnistria, and that her country fears Russia could invade her tiny nation of 2.5 million people
Moldova's Prime Minister has said she is very worried Russia will invade her country next, while warning that no country is safe from Vladimir Putin.
Natalia Gavrilita's warning came after Moscow's forces made gains in Ukraine's south and east, near to the Moldova-Ukraine border, in recent months.
Meanwhile, Russia's Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said Moscow's overarching goal in Ukraine is to topple President Volodymyr Zelensky's government, expressing the Kremlin's war aims in some of the bluntest terms yet.
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WNU Editor: This is helping to raise tensions .... Moldova Blocks Russian Troop Rotation In Transnistria. Ukrainian Army Says It Is Ready to Help Moldova Expel Russian Soldiers Stationed In Transnistria (July 25, 2022).
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