Authorities in the breakaway Transnistria region in Moldova say there have been at least four drone attacks near the Ukrainian border.
The Interior Service of Transnistria, a breakaway region east of Moldova and bordering Ukraine, today released images of the scene of at least four drone attacks that took place last night, for see many holes in the ground.
The airstrikes took place in the northern district of Rybnitsa, where a large ammunition depot built during the Soviet era is now managed by Russian peacekeepers. Transnistria’s interior ministry did not say who was behind the drone strikes, adding that there were no casualties in the incident.
Moldovan and Ukrainian officials have not commented on the report.
Transnistrian servicemen inspect the site of an air strike near the Ukrainian border on May 7. Image: Interior Agency Transnistria.
The Ukrainian and Russian governments have both denied any suspicions in recent weeks regarding security developments in Transnistria. Ukrainian officials and Western experts accuse Russia of trying to stage a threat to breakaway Moldova to create a pretext for war.
Some attacks the same, similar was recorded in the breakaway region of Moldova about two weeks ago. These developments have made Moldova and European officials increasingly worried about the risk of military conflict on Ukrainian territory spreading to neighboring countries.
General Rustam Minnekaev, acting commander of the Central Military District of Russia, in mid-April announced that the second phase of special military operations in Ukraine also had the goal of opening the way to the breakaway region in Moldova. He said that “the Russian-speaking community is being suppressed” in Transnistria.
Meanwhile, the Moldovan government suspects some “pro-war” factions in Transnistria are behind the current unrest.
Transnistria breakaway region in Moldova, bordering Ukraine. Graphics: Time.co.uk.
Transnistria is a narrow land between the Dniester River and the Moldova-Ukraine border, with a population of more than 500,000. After the dissolution of the Soviet Union in 1991, the region demanded secession from Moldova, sparking a military conflict in March 1992 and ending with a ceasefire in July 1992.
The separatist government in Transnistria is recognized only by three other self-secession regions: Abkhazia, Artsakh and South Ossetia. The Russian military has deployed no more than 1,500 peacekeepers in the area since 1993.
New developments have raised concerns in the international community that this force and pro-Russian separatists are at risk of being drawn into armed conflict in Ukraine.
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