The bombing in the breakaway region of Transnistria, backed by Moscow, has caused panic. Moldavian Maia Santou to convenes the National Security Council. In the last few hours, a climate has been created that favors the expansion into the pro-Russian pocket of Russia’s military operations.
The meeting of the National Security Council will take place today, Tuesday (26/4) at noon and will be followed by a press conference of the Moldovan president.
At the same time, the Transnistrian authorities have raised the alert level to a “terrorist threat” based on the series of bombings in the last hours in the pro-Russian enclave.
A climate of concern has prevailed since the start of the Russian attack on Ukraine in Moldovaa former Soviet republic, fears it will be Moscow’s next target.
The explosions bring anxiety and fear
The concern intensified after a series of explosions that took place yesterday and today in Transnistriafinancially and militarily supported by Moscow.
On Monday (25/4) an explosion took place at the headquarters of the local Ministry of Public Security of the self-proclaimed democracy in the “capital” Tiraspol, while today explosions hit a radio tower destroying two antennas in the village of Mayak, near the border with Ukraine. Shortly afterwards, the Transnistrian Security Council announced a “terrorist attack” on a military unit near Tiraspol.
The “incidents” take place, as the Athenian News Agency reports, at a time when the Moldovan authorities are afraid of opening a side of the Russian attack on Ukraine and while Chisinau’s relations with Moscow are strained by the pro-European Mayan presidency. .
Fears were heightened last week when a Russian general said Moscow was seeking to occupy southern Ukraine, which borders Transnistria, to secure direct access to the Moscow-backed separatist enclave financially and militarily.
General Rustam Minekaev, deputy commander of the Russian Central Command, also said that Moldova’s Russian-speaking population was “victims of oppression.” This pretext is systematically invoked by Moscow for its military interventions. He also referred to the “defense of the Russian minority” for its invasion of Ukraine.
Moldova also called on the Russian ambassador to protest the threat, urging Moscow to “respect its territorial integrity.”
Transnistria seceded from the state of Moldova after a brief civil conflict following the break-up of the Soviet Union. The enclave, with a population of 500,000, is almost entirely dependent on Moscow, which supplies free gas and has deployed 1,500 troops there.
Moldova, a small Eastern European country with a population of 2.6 million, sandwiched between Romania and Ukraine, is already suffering the consequences of the Russian invasion of Ukraine with an influx of 400,000 refugees.
Source: News Beast
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