The Kremlin this Monday expressed concern over the situation in Moldova’s breakaway Transnistria region, after also accusing Ukraine and other European countries of contributing to its destabilization, Portal reports.
“Of course, the situation in Transnistria is the subject of our greatest attention and a cause for concern,” Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov told reporters.
And he added: “The situation is unstable, it is being provoked, provoked from outside”.
The same source also claimed that Russia is aware that its “opponents of the Ukrainian regime” as well as Kiev’s “European countries” partners are “capable of various types of provocations” thus blaming them for the complex reality in the region.
Vadim Krasnoselsky, the selfproclaimed president of Transnistria, had previously described the situation in the region as particularly tense, although he had promised that a warning would be issued to the population immediately if there was a real threat, according to the Russian state news agency RIA Novosti .
Recall that Moscow last week warned the West that it would consider any action that would pose a threat to Russian peacekeepers stationed in Transnistria an attack on Russia itself.
This comes after, also this month, Moldova’s President Maia Sandu accused Russia of planning a coup d’état something Moscow immediately denied. Also because this country, like Ukraine, was part of the former Soviet Union.
Since the beginning of the war, which began on February 24 last year, NATO and European Union countries have rushed to provide financial, military and humanitarian assistance to help Ukraine deal with the invasion of Russia. On the other hand, the invading country has been the target of successive (and coordinated) sanctions packages applied by Kiev’s partners.
According to calculations by the United Nations (UN), more than 8,000 civilians have died in the local fighting and more than 13,000 have been injured.
Also read: War triggered “most massive violation of human rights”.
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