The really wild thing is, Ukraine could stomp the shyt out of Russia if they had missiles that could travel farther. The US and NATO is just giving obsolete short range shyt to Ukraine because if they give them anything more powerful Russia will undoubtedly escalate because that's the only card they can play.
The Russian military right now is awful. GOD AWFUL...Their internal factions aren't even communicating with each other like the Army, Navy, AF and Marines do because they either don't want to fight, are trying to curry favor with Putin, or they're trying horde what little bullshyt bounty they find and capture.
From all the shyt I've read and watched lately, I wouldn't be surprised if Iran could fukk with Russia. The fact that the presumed 2nd strongest military in the world prior to this SMO couldn't take Ukraine in a few weeks is beyond ridiculous. I don't think people realize how absurd this is and the ONLY card they can play is escalating it and the ONLY card the West can play is just try to bankrupt Russia and hopefully overthrow Putin. There's really no other options here.
So the fact Russia planning a coup in Moldova does not surprise me because it's another front they can attack from that could give them an advantage. They literally CANNOT win doing what they're doing right now. All they do is throw bodies at this.