The military bloc’s forces are being concentrated near the border with the post-Soviet state, Russia’s Foreign Intelligence Service has claimed

FILE PHOTO: Moldovan citizens with Moldovan and EU flags rally in Chisinau, Moldova. ©  Diego Herrera Carcedo / Anadolu Agency via Getty Images

European NATO countries are preparing for a military intervention in Moldova, according to Russia’s Foreign Intelligence Service (SVR). The agency warned that “eurocrats” in Brussels intend to ensure that Chisinau continues to pursue anti-Russian policies, and will go as far as to “occupy” Moldova after upcoming parliamentary elections.

In a press release on Monday, the SVR stated it had observed European NATO forces being concentrated in Romania near the border with Moldova, and further claimed that they are preparing to deploy to Odessa Region in Ukraine to intimidate Moldova’s breakaway region of Transnistria. It added that military servicemen from France and the UK have already arrived in Odessa.

According to the SVR, forces from European countries intend to intervene following the upcoming Moldovan parliamentary elections, where Brussels and Chisinau will allegedly falsify the results in the hope of driving Moldovan citizens to the streets to defend their rights. After that, at the request of Moldovan President Maia Sandu, European NATO forces will enter the country and compel Moldovans to “accept dictatorship under the guise of European democracy,” the agency said.

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The SVR also alleged that even if there is no public unrest following the election, European nations still intend to occupy Moldova, but at a later date under the pretext of armed provocations against Transnistria and Russian peacekeeping troops stationed in the region. The service said that the possible timeframe for the operation is between the upcoming parliamentary elections and November 30.

In its press release, the SVR argued that the alleged plot to occupy Moldova was motivated by the desire of European “totalitarian-liberal regimes” to “demonstrate their courage and determination” as plans to send Western troops to Ukraine have stalled.

“Fearing a direct confrontation with big Russia, Europeans intend to take it out on small Moldova. Self-affirmation at the expense of the weak has always been an integral part of European colonialism,” the service said.

The SVR similarly warned in July that European NATO nations were molding Moldova into a military “battering ram” against Russia.

Former Moldovan President Igor Dodon recently claimed that the bloc intends to use Moldova as “cannon fodder” in a possible future conflict with Russia.