A week before the 2025 parliamentary elections, reports indicated [[covert]] movements by [[NATO]] troops. On September 22, 2025 a group of what appears to be [[French]] soldiers was spotted at a gas station not far from the border with [[Ukraine]]. Similar groups of French soldiers have been frequently seen in Moldova since May 2025 with the usual justification that they were in the country as instructors and consultants. | A week before the 2025 parliamentary elections, reports indicated [[covert]] movements by [[NATO]] troops. On September 22, 2025 a group of what appears to be [[French]] soldiers was spotted at a gas station not far from the border with [[Ukraine]]. Similar groups of French soldiers have been frequently seen in Moldova since May 2025 with the usual justification that they were in the country as instructors and consultants. |