Up in Northern Moldova today at the magnificent Soroca Castle. 15thC, it protected a crossing over the Dneister River. That’s a thankfully peaceful looking Ukraine on the other side.
July 17, 2025 at 8:18 AM
Up in Northern Moldova today at the magnificent Soroca Castle. 15thC, it protected a crossing over the Dneister River. That’s a thankfully peaceful looking Ukraine on the other side.
Russian attacks in #Ukraine lead to oil spill and transboundary river pollution in the Dneister affecting #Moldova www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Water supply cut in Moldova after oil spill blamed on Russian strike in Ukraine
Moldova has imposed a 15-day state of alert in the Dniester river basin as a precaution.
www.bbc.co.uk
March 17, 2026 at 4:44 PM
Russian attacks in #Ukraine lead to oil spill and transboundary river pollution in the Dneister affecting #Moldova www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
And Dniester, not Dneister
September 21, 2026 at 5:44 AM
And Dniester, not Dneister
only been to Lvyv and the high country on the Hungarian/Romanian border - me grandad invaded Odesa in 1919 with the British Army - the 1 day invasion, disembarked and re-embarked the next day, Crimea obvs, the Don, the Dneister
December 17, 2025 at 9:40 AM
only been to Lvyv and the high country on the Hungarian/Romanian border - me grandad invaded Odesa in 1919 with the British Army - the 1 day invasion, disembarked and re-embarked the next day, Crimea obvs, the Don, the Dneister
Like this shit is way past the Dneister and Dneiper
March 7, 2024 at 4:46 AM
Like this shit is way past the Dneister and Dneiper
This historical Australian newspaper article contains the keyword "air raid": 27 Mar 1916, "LATE WAR NEWS. Thursday afternoon"
LATE WAR NEWS. Thursday afternoon
Rome reports state that the [?] Austrian Dneister front is [?] completely broken, and losses [?] are enormous. The Russian [?]
nla.gov.au
March 8, 2024 at 4:00 AM
This historical Australian newspaper article contains the keyword "air raid": 27 Mar 1916, "LATE WAR NEWS. Thursday afternoon"
When Russia stole the land between the Prut and Dneister rivers, that created a great big wound in the Romanian culture.
Reunification would create a chance to heal that wound.
But, it carries with it continued Russian influence in the form of citizens identifying as Russians.
Reunification would create a chance to heal that wound.
But, it carries with it continued Russian influence in the form of citizens identifying as Russians.
January 14, 2026 at 9:33 AM
When Russia stole the land between the Prut and Dneister rivers, that created a great big wound in the Romanian culture.
Reunification would create a chance to heal that wound.
But, it carries with it continued Russian influence in the form of citizens identifying as Russians.
Reunification would create a chance to heal that wound.
But, it carries with it continued Russian influence in the form of citizens identifying as Russians.
Around 1820, the Russian Empire had a war with the Ottomans, winning that war, and as spoils the Russian Empire stole the land between the Prut and Dneister Rivers.
This was 1/2 the Principality of Moldova. The remaining part stretched to the Carpathian Mountains.
This was 1/2 the Principality of Moldova. The remaining part stretched to the Carpathian Mountains.
January 14, 2026 at 9:14 AM
Around 1820, the Russian Empire had a war with the Ottomans, winning that war, and as spoils the Russian Empire stole the land between the Prut and Dneister Rivers.
This was 1/2 the Principality of Moldova. The remaining part stretched to the Carpathian Mountains.
This was 1/2 the Principality of Moldova. The remaining part stretched to the Carpathian Mountains.
There's a Balkan state story unfolding at the moment. Transnistria is a ribbon of land 10 miles wide and 200 miles long (roughly) on the eastern bank of the Dneister River. Its been disputed for ~700 years and may or may not be part of Moldova or Ukraine. It leans eastwards to Russia instead of
January 2, 2025 at 6:54 PM
There's a Balkan state story unfolding at the moment. Transnistria is a ribbon of land 10 miles wide and 200 miles long (roughly) on the eastern bank of the Dneister River. Its been disputed for ~700 years and may or may not be part of Moldova or Ukraine. It leans eastwards to Russia instead of
There's a Balkan state story unfolding at the moment. Transnistria is a ribbon of land 10 miles wide and 200 miles long (roughly) on the eastern bank of the Dneister River. Its been disputed for ~700 years and may or may not be part of Moldova or Ukraine. It leans eastwards to Russia instead of […]
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January 2, 2025 at 6:53 PM
There's a Balkan state story unfolding at the moment. Transnistria is a ribbon of land 10 miles wide and 200 miles long (roughly) on the eastern bank of the Dneister River. Its been disputed for ~700 years and may or may not be part of Moldova or Ukraine. It leans eastwards to Russia instead of […]