The authorities of Transnistriaa Moldovan breakaway region located between the Dniester River and the border between moldova and Ukraine, denounced an attack on a government building in the territory’s capital, Tiraspol. This is the first reported attack in a third country since the start of the war between Russia and Ukraine.
Last Friday, the Russian Army had expanded its objectives in Ukraine and had announced that it planned to form a corridor through southern Ukraine in order to gain access to Transnistria.
From the Ministry of the Interior Transnistria They reported that on Monday afternoon, around 5:00 p.m. (local time), several explosions were detected at the intersection of the central streets of Karl Marx and Manoilov.
The ministry’s communication service has published details of the incident on its Telegram channel and points out that the first investigations suggest that the shots were fired from an RPG rocket launcher, a portable anti-tank device of Soviet origin. The Ministry of the Interior has confirmed that there are no injuries or deaths.
The explosion has left the windows broken on the upper floors. The surroundings of the ministerial building are now cordoned off by the Police, who have deployed a team of sappers. Health personnel and firefighters have also traveled to the scene.
The Ukrainian media pointed to a russian attack of false flag. “Among the Russian attempts to create a pretext for the invasion of Ukraine before the actual invasion, there were staged car explosions of pro-Russian officials in Lugansk and Donetsk,” Euromaidan Press explained on Twitter.
The region of Transnistria It has gained prominence in recent weeks due to its link with the Russian government and its important geostrategic position. This territory, with some 500,000 inhabitants, is highly dependent on Moscow, which supplies it with free gas and deployed 1,500 soldiers there.
The Ukrainian authorities have come to denounce possible Russian incursions into western Ukraine since Transnistria. Hours before the explosions, the Russian authorities had ruled out an “escalation of tension” in the Moldovan region and argued that Moscow was still leaning “in favor of solving the problem by peaceful means.”
The fear that Moldova could be Vladimir Putin’s next target has been brewing for some time. Last Friday, the Moldovan Foreign Ministry summoned the Russian ambassador in Chisinau, Oleg Vasnetsov, due to the statements of Russian General Rustam Minnekayev, acting commander of the Russian Central Military District, who said last week that his country planned to seize the entire southern coast of Ukraine, establishing a land bridge with Transnistria.
In Transnistria 60% of the inhabitants are Russians and Ukrainians. The breakaway region has its own currency and its own security forces.
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