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Soviet's fault for making their own "Moldova" during the interwar period, out of land that was scarcely, if at all, populated by romanians and which also never was part of a romanian polity.
If I was in Moldova's shoes I'd trade it to Ukraine for the part of Budjak pictured here. Asking for the whole thing is probably not an enticing trade. I'm not sure they'd agree to this either though, since it takes away their access to the danube.