Russia takes advantage of the increasingly vocal claims of European far-right nationalist movements over Ukrainian territory, suggests the Institute for the Study of War (ISW) in its assessment from January 29.
Far-right movements in Hungary and Romania caused concern last week after leaders of parties in those countries claimed parts of Ukrainian territory.
Claudiu Târziu, one of the leaders of the far-right Romanian party Alliance for the Union of Romanians (AUR), declared that his country should “reunite” with the Republic of Moldova and the Ukrainian border regions of Bessarabia, Northern Bukovina, and Transcarpathia.
Similar comments were made by Hungarian far-right leader Laszlo Toroczkai, who said that Hungary should claim Transcarpathia if Ukraine loses the war against Russia.
Transcarpathia is the southwestern region of Ukraine and has significant ethnic Hungarian and Romanian minorities. The historic region of Northern Bukovina is part of the current Ukrainian region of Chernivtsi, while Bessarabia covers Moldova and parts of the Chernivtsi and Odessa regions.
Russian sources amplified both statements, according to ISW, echoing Russia’s call for a “division of Ukraine” made before the start of the large-scale war.
He has also regularly threatened that Ukraine will lose its sovereignty if it does not submit to Russian demands.
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