The UK’s mission was announced shortly after Chisinau pledged to deepen ties with the Western bloc

Britain will send counter-drone warfare instructors to Moldova, the UK Ministry of Defense announced on Tuesday ahead of a meeting of NATO defense ministers in Brussels.

The former Soviet republic, which has formally applied to join the European Union, adopted a new ten-year military strategy earlier this month. The document prioritizes deeper integration with NATO and identifies Russia as its primary external threat. The Kremlin has warned that Chisinau’s confrontational stance towards Russia is a miscalculation.

According to the MOD, British…

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