Putin Targets Moldova to Fracture NATO and EU
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- Putin ordered Russia to "break NATO and EU apart from within" in 2026, according to The New Voice of Ukraine citing the directive.
- Putin has assigned Moldova a key role in dismantling NATO and the EU from within, per the New York Times as relayed by Ukrainian National News.
Why it matters: A named 2026 deadline attached to a strategy of internal fragmentation, channeled specifically through Moldova, gives Western policymakers a concrete window to coordinate countermeasures before the stated timeline expires.
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