 Moldova says Russian attack may take place in 2023. Moldova's chief intelligence officer has said that Russia's attack on the country is imminent and may take place in 2023. In an interview with TVR Moldova channel, director of intelligence and security service SIS, Aleksandr Musiatsev, warns that the threat of Russia's attack on Moldova was real. The question is not whether Russia will launch a new attack on the territory of Moldova, but when this will happen. This can happen either at the beginning of the year, in January, February or later in March-April, Musiatsev explained. The official said that the attack on Moldova would depend on the course of Russia's ongoing war in Ukraine. First of all, Musiatsev warned that Russia could go as far as creating a corridor to Moldova's pro-Russian transnistria breakaway region, where Kremlin has a 1,200-member military contingent. This means they want to come to Moldova's territory and unite. This is a real and high risk, Musiatsev explained. The SIS confirmed Musiatsev's remarks, clarifying that Russia's goal of forming a land corridor to the transnistria region remains relevant today, and the new attack by the Russian Federation in the direction may indeed take place next year. Moldova had earlier announced that it would turn to the neighboring Romania for help if the war in Ukraine spills over into its territory. Kremlin's interest in setting up a land corridor transnistria was expressed back in April by senior Russian military commander, who said that control over the south of Ukraine would give his country access to Moldova's transnistria region.