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The Russian Rodina wrote:

The official Tass News Agency is reporting that a revolt has broken out among the Moldovan troops of the 47th Motor Rifle Division in southern Moldova. The Moldovan capital of Chisinau has been wracked for several days by massive protests against the Government's move of troops to intimidate the breakaway Romanian province of Greater Austrias. It was feared that Moldovan soldiers of the Imperial Army would support the protestors. This was the reason given as to why the 146th Motor Rifle Regiment of the 47th, which is over 80% Moldovan in composition, had been locked down on its base. The fear that this very thing might happen. When several soldiers were arrested for being drunk and violating the lockdown, that was the spark that ignited the flame. Whole units revolted, armories and storage areas were taken over, and firefights broke out between the rebels and loyal troops. Other reports indicate that many rebel soldiers have taken to the woods, bringing their arms with them.

The 7th Army, which controls the forces in Moldova, has sent regiments of the 43rd Motor Rifle Division, along with the 37th Air Assault Brigade, 2 mostly Slavic units, to the base to quell the revolt, and severe fighting is anticipated before the revolt is crushed.

Pravda is reporting that the revolt in Moldova is spreading. The capital city of Chisinau is quiet for now, with soldiers of the 37th Air Assault Brigade joining the National Guard and police in enforcing a dusk to dawn curfew and a ban against gathering of more than 10 people, but there are reports of severe fighting in the south, with guerrilla attacks against army units near the city of Cimislia, and more Moldavan units of the Army joining the rebels. The Ministry of Defense has ordered more troops to be sent, among them the 108th and 247th Airborne Regiments of the 7th Imperial Banner Mountain Airborne Division.

It appears that the revolt is more widespread than previously thought, and the Government seems to only now be taking it seriously. A spokesman for the Foreign Ministry blamed the rebel Romanian government for provoking the revolt, and accused them of supplying arms to the rebels. A spokesperson for the Romanian rebels called this "Utter nonsense", saying "we have only enough arms for ourselves. We sympathize with our brothers and sisters in Moldova in their struggle for liberty, but we cannot give them anything more than moral support."