Moldova

Moldovan President Maia Sandu on Tuesday urged citizens to remain calm while she stepped up security measures after a series of explosions in the breakaway ...

“This is an attempt to escalate tensions. Sandu said after a meeting of the Supreme Security Council: “We urge citizens to keep calm and feel safe.” Sandu convened the country’s Supreme Security Council after blasts on Monday and Tuesday in the separatist region bordering Ukraine raised fears of a spillover from the conflict there.

Trans-Dniester doesn't usually get much attention. But European leaders are watching it closely because it hosts about 1500 Russian troops and shares a ...

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It's unclear who was responsible for the attacks. In response, Moldovan President Maia Sandu convened a security council meeting. Read More.

Today the official goals of the Russian presence in Trans-Dniester are to prevent a return to conflict and protect 22,000 tons of Soviet-era military equipment in the tiny village of Cobasna. “If they changed their position, the EU could suspend the application of the deep and comprehensive free trade agreement with the region, since hypothetically such a corridor with the Russian Federation would ensure effective occupation of the territory.” They want to decrease the insecurity coming from it,” Cenusa said. The announcement came after alleged attacks on two communication towers and on a state building in the self-declared capital, Tiraspol, as well as an incident involving a military unit in the village of Parkany. It’s unclear who was responsible for the attacks. That said, Russia will continue to drive pressure on Moldova,” Vlas said. However, last week, Moldova’s Minister for Infrastructure and Regional Development Andrei Spinu said his government was looking into buying electricity from Ukraine when the contract with the Russian-owned company MoldGres expires next month. “I tend to see this as part of the disinformation campaign and information war against Moldova in this case.” Russian disinformation seeps into the country’s Russian-language media, while the country’s socialist party, which has deep ties to Moscow, held the presidency for four years until 2020, when pro-EU candidate Sandu was elected. Speaking to journalists in Washington last week, Moldovan Foreign Minister Nicu Popescu acknowledged the country’s exposure to the war in Ukraine. “We’re the most fragile neighbor of Ukraine, we’re the country that is most affected by it, and we’re the country that has the fewest resources to deal with the situation and the fallout of the war,” he said. The Trans-Dniestrian military is thought to have around 4,000 active troops. It’s unclear how long the relative quiet in the breakaway region will last. But the remarks have highlighted Moldova’s precarious position.

Officials say unknown assailants attacked the state security ministry in Tiraspol using grenade launchers.

“The aim of today’s incident is to create pretexts for straining the security situation in the Transnistrian region, which is not controlled by the constitutional authorities,” the Moldovan Foreign Ministry said in a statement. In a statement on Facebook, the interior ministry of Transnistria said the attack took place in the city of Tiraspol at 6pm (15:00 GMT) on a public holiday for the Orthodox Easter. Officials in the Moldovan separatist region of Transnistria have reported several explosions at the state security ministry following what it called a grenade-launcher attack.

President calls meeting amid fears Transnistria – controlled by pro-Russia separatists – could be drawn into Ukraine war.

To get to Transnistria, Moscow would need to stage an offensive toward Odesa, which has been hindered by the recent sinking of the Moskva cruiser, which forced Russian warships to move further away from Ukraine’s coast. Officials in Transnistria on Tuesday announced a number of new security measures, further raising concerns about a possible escalation in the breakaway state. Russian recent statements could be an indication of the ambitions Moscow has there.”

Moldova held an urgent security meeting on Tuesday and the Kremlin voiced serious concerns after two blasts damaged Soviet-era radio masts in the breakaway ...

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Irina Stoliarik and her infant son Arkady have spent the last two weeks living in an abandoned movie theater in the Riscani section of Moldova's capital ...

“Right from the beginning of the refugee influx there was a great mobilization from the community to support refugees,” she said in the post. “Most of the support was based on volunteers, so it was really just Moldovans going there with food carts, clothes, offering transport, accommodation and more. Luckily, Boicenko had an uncle in Chisinau connected to the Baptist church. The next day, the Ukrainian government would issue a decree prohibiting military-age men from leaving the country. He knew if he stayed in Ukraine, he and his sons would be drafted into the army. European leaders are aware of the critical position Moldova finds itself in as it struggles to shelter its swelling refugee population. They were reluctant to leave, but that night a cruise missile flew over Boicenko’s home, rattling the windows. Sandu is seeking stronger ties with the European Union and formally applied for membership of the bloc following the invasion. Stoliarik preferred to take her chances in the big city, Chisinau, Moldova’s post-Soviet capital. In a green and cobalt field outside the town of Palanca, close to the country’s border, Moldova’s flag flies high above a temporary tented refugee camp, officially a “sorting and assistance center.” There is space here for hundreds of refugees. Poland has taken in more than 2.6 million, but Moldova has taken in more Ukrainian refugees per capita than any other nation. Outside, hundreds of refugees wait in line for donated clothes, food and children’s toys.

Two explosions damaged Soviet-era radio masts that broadcast Russian radio from a village in the breakaway Moldovan region of Transnistria on Tuesday (26 ...

Moldova puts its hope in EU membership, although it has not followed Ukraine and Georgia in demanding NATO accession. “The Supreme Security Council will meet from 1300 (1000 GMT) at the Presidency. After the meeting, at 1500, President Maia Sandu will hold a press briefing”, the president’s press office said in a statement. Moldovan President Maia Sandu on Tuesday called for a meeting of the country’s Supreme Security Council in response to the incidents.

The president of ex-Soviet Moldova on Tuesday convened a meeting of the country's security council after a series of blasts in the Russian-backed separatist ...

President Sandu was elected in 2020 on a pro-Western programme. A senior Russian military official last week raised the issue of "oppression" of Russian speakers in Transnistria in the context of Russia's military campaign in Ukraine. But windows were blown out in the state security ministry building and smoke was "billowing out of the buildings", the Transnistria region's interior ministry said in a statement. "Early on April 26, two explosions were heard in the village of Mayak in Grigoriopolsky district,"it said in a statement. The ministry said two "powerful" antennae that were re-broadcasting Russian radio were out of order, and shared images of them lying on the ground. The press service of President Maia Sandu said she was set to hold a meeting of the country's Supreme Security Council "in connection with the incidents in the Transnistria region".

Moldova's president has convened the Security Council after authorities in separatist Transdniester said that two radio relays were damaged by blasts and a ...

Because of this, he was deprived of his private house and had to move to a small apartment in the Turkmen capital. He also warned of the threat of a third world war. Moscow has previously blamed Ukraine for attacks in the Russian region of Bryansk, which borders Ukraine. Ukrainian officials say that up to 1,000 civilians are sheltering in the maze of underground tunnels there. Russia said its military struck Ukraine's Kremenchuk oil refinery with long-range missiles and hit military installations in Ukraine. However, the Russian statement could not be independently confirmed. "Russia has made minor advances in some areas since shifting its focus to fully occupying the Donbas, it tweeted on April 25. "There was a hope that the case will be reviewed and sent for a new investigation. Baku wants the peace deal to be based on five elements, including a mutual recognition of each other’s territorial integrity. The 40 Russian diplomats expelled three weeks ago "did not spend a day in diplomatic service during their stay in Germany," she said in a statement. "I am not Russian. And openly stating that does not diminish Russian culture, does not offend the state-founding ethnic group. Separately, Transdniester's Security Council reported a "terrorist attack" on a military unit near the city of Tiraspol, without elaborating. It is demanding financial compensation for the damages and wants access to its channel restored.

After holding a meeting of Moldova's security council, President Maia Sandu warned that recent explosions in the country's breakaway Transnistria region, ...

An official in breakaway Transnistria blamed Kyiv for the security HQ attack on Monday, called it a “terrorist act” and accused Ukraine of “provoking a spreading of the conflict to Transnistria’s territory”, the BBC reported. She convened the meeting after two blasts damaged Soviet-era radio masts in breakaway Transnistria, Reuters reported. The aim of the attack was “to create pretexts for straining the security situation in the Transnistrian region, which is not controlled by the constitutional authorities”, the government office said.

Moldova's president said a series of attacks in the Russia-backed breakaway region of Transnistria on Tuesday were an attempt by factions within the ...

Transnistria’s unrecognised president’s office has ordered the terrorist threat level to be raised to red and said that checkpoints would be set up at the entrances of the region’s towns. Kyiv fears the region could be used as a launch pad for new attacks on Ukraine. All vehicles entering at night would be checked, it said. The ministry said in an online statement that a series of incidents, “coincided with the statements of the Russian military command about their plans to occupy the entire south of Ukraine and establish a land corridor to the Transnistrian region of Moldova”. “Ukraine strongly supports the territorial integrity of Moldova in its internationally recognised borders and . . . calls for a de-escalation of the situation,” it said. Last week, a senior Russian military official said the second phase of what Russia calls its “special military operation” in Ukraine included a plan to take full control of southern Ukraine and improve its access to Transnistria.

Warning comes as Moldovan president blames 'pro-war forces' for explosions in separatist-controlled region.

The latest stage of Russia's war raises the prospect of a move on Moldova and the breakaway region of Transnistria.

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Ukraine accused Moscow on Tuesday (26 April) of trying to drag Moldova's breakaway region of Transnistria into its war on Kyiv after authorities in the ...

“I assume that those who organised this attack have the purpose of dragging Transnistria into the conflict.” Ukraine “condemns the desperate attempts to draw the Transnistrian region of Moldova into the full-scale war against Ukraine,” the foreign ministry said earlier. Ukraine accused Moscow on Tuesday (26 April) of trying to drag Moldova’s breakaway region of Transnistria into its war on Kyiv after authorities in the Moscow-backed region said they had been targeted by a series of attacks.

Regina Doherty tells Oireachtas committee State's €1 million contribution is 'buttons' ... The Government's response to help Moldova manage refugees fleeing war ...

Romania, which neighbours Moldova to the west of the country, was “seriously concerned” about the increase in refugees if this happened. “We are still tinkering around the edges of trying to find somewhere to put them and you and your people and your citizens have them staying in your sheds and have made no grumble about the fact that you will look after them,” she said. Ms Doherty said the generosity shown by the Moldovan people to Ukrainians “puts me to shame and embarrassment.” She spoke of the “nonsense that we go now with in this country” trying to find accommodation for the 25,000 Ukrainians who have arrived in Ireland.

Ireland has yet to take 500 Ukrainian refugees from Moldova, the Oireachtas Committee on European Affairs has heard. A decision was taken by the Cabinet ...

It added that it "will arrange a meeting with the Moldovan Ambassador to discuss these measures as soon as possible". She said that efforts to organise a meeting with the Department to discuss the matter have proved unsuccessful. The Department of Justice has said that it will fulfil a pledge to take 500 Ukrainian refugees from Moldova "as soon as possible".