In this latest episode of Battle Plans Exposed, military intelligence expert and former NATO planner Philip Ingram MBE breaks down a major shift in the geopolitical landscape as we enter 2026. For the first time, Ukraine and Moldova have effectively sealed the border of Transnistria, trapping a Russian garrison and neutralizing a 30-year-old threat without firing a single shot.
Ingram explores the “silent front” and the terrifying reality of the Cobasna ammunition depot—the largest in Eastern Europe—which Moldova’s Academy of Sciences warns could detonate with the force of a 10-kiloton atomic bomb.
Video chapters
00:00 Introduction: A New Operational Reality in Eastern Europe
00:39 Global Indicators: Trump’s Oil Strategy, Iran, and Venezuela
01:05 Clips from the frontlines
03:25 Ghost State: Understanding the Blockade of Transnistria
04:04 Sealing Russia’s military outpost in Moldova
05:35 Ukraine threat: Europe’s largest ammo dump
06:36 Closing off Putin’s enclave
07:05 History of the frozen conflict: 1992 War and 14th Guards Army
09:02 Russia’s failed land bridge and shelling of Odessa
09:54 Shadow War: Black Sea drones vs. Russian oil tankers
13:49 Why Russia is losing money on every barrel
15:01 Putin’s desperation: evolution of “turtle” and “hedgehog” tanks
18:20 Putin’s failing statistics: comparing losses to the Battle of Kursk
19:18 Conclusion
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