Failed mobilization in Transnistria lowers security risks for Odesa – region chief
The threat to Odesa region posed by unrecognized Transnistria has decreased after a mobilization campaign in the breakaway region failed. Locals feared that the area’s Moscow handlers could deploy them to the war with Ukraine as cannon fodder, while many potential recruits left the de-facto Moscow-controlled territory. The chief of the Odesa Regional Military Administration, Serhii Bratchuk, commented on the latest developments for Radio NV, Ukrinform reports. "Transnistrians believe that Russia, as always, will use them as cannon fodder, so no one wants to become minced meat… So after several provocations (by the Russian special services - ed.), including the…