RUSSIA reportedly plans to deploy 10,000 troops into a breakaway region of another Eastern European nation - igniting fears of Putin's war spilling further across the continent.

Moldova's Prime Minister has warned the Kremlin wants to march troops into Transnistria - a Moscow-friendly enclave that's internationally recognised as part of Moldova .

The small landlocked region, sandwiched between Ukraine and the rest of Moldova, has been controlled by separatists for 33 years .

Transnistria receives significant economic and military support from Moscow , and the region's politicians have voiced their intent for it to become part of Russia .

The region's location between the pro-Europe governments in Moldova and Ukraine make it impossible for Putin to get soldiers in at pres

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