 The first plan was prepared for the eventuality that Romania would not agree to evacuate Bessarabia and Bukovina.The Soviet 12th Army was to strike southward along the Prut river towards Iași, while the Soviet 9th Army was to strike westwards, south of Chișinău towards Huși.The objective of this plan was to surround the Romanian troops in the Bălți–Iași area.