Moscow is in favor of solving any problem through political and diplomatic means Photo: Prensa Latina.
The Russian Foreign Ministry On Friday, Ukraine and the countries of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) warned of this it will regard any action against its peacekeeping contingent in Transnistria as an attack.
The Russian call for attention takes into account the significant accumulation of Ukrainian military personnel and equipment at the border separating them from the Transnistrian enclave, the foreign ministry statement said on the day.
Earlier, the Ministry of Defense denounced the use of artillery at firing positions, as well as the unprecedented increase in drone flights by the Armed Forces of Ukraine over the territory of this unrecognized republic.
The Foreign Office added Moscow is in favor of solving any problem through political and diplomatic means.and let no one doubt that the Armed Forces will respond appropriately to any provocation by the Kiev regime, should one occur.
“We are always for the solution and will guarantee the protection of our compatriots, the Russian peacekeeping contingent, the military of the Russian Troops Operational Group and the military depots in the town of Cobasna in Transnistria,” Moscow said.
The Cobasna deposit, by some estimates, occupies approximately 100 hectares and contains about 20,000 tons of ammunitionmostly obsolete, left behind after the withdrawal of the Soviet Army from East Germany and Czechoslovakia in the early 1990s.
Experts from the Moldovan Academy of Sciences pointed this out in a report published in 2005 An explosion from the Cobasna depot would be comparable to the detonation of the 10-kiloton atomic bomb dropped on Hiroshima in 1945.
In 1992, several districts on the east bank of the Dniester with mostly Russian-speaking populations rebelled against Chisinau and proclaimed the establishment of the Transnistrian Moldovan Republic, fearing that Moldova would merge with neighboring Romania after the collapse of the Soviet Union. .
Chisinau responded by sending troops into rebel areas, sparking an armed conflict that lasted several months.
At the moment, Transnistria is an area beyond the control of Chisinauwith all the attributes of a state, including its own currency.
Peacekeeping in the conflict zone is carried out by the Joint Control Commission and a mixed military contingent from Russia, Moldova and Transnistria.
The Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe insists on resolving the conflict through negotiated 5+2 format (OSCE, Russia, Ukraine, the European Union and the United States as mediators, as well as Moldova and Transnistria).
The rogue republic insists on gaining independence, but Moldova refuses and offers extensive autonomy in return.
(With information from Prensa Latina)