Russia’s Foreign Intelligence Service (SVR) on Tuesday claimed that Europe is preparing to occupy Moldova. According to the SVR, Western provocations aimed at sending forces into Moldova are possible during the elections to the Supreme Council of Transnistria on November 30.

“NATO troops are being prepared for a landing in Ukraine’s Odessa region to intimidate Transnistria,” the SVR said in a statement, adding that NATO military units are currently concentrating in Romania near the Moldovan border. “The first group of military personnel from France and the United Kingdom has already arrived in Odessa,” the statement continued.

The Russian Foreign Intelligence Service further warned that a NATO “landing” in Moldova could follow the upcoming parliamentary elections in the country. “Brussels does not intend to abandon its plans to occupy Moldova, even if the situation immediately after the elections does not require external intervention,” the SVR concluded. (Agencies)