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