Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Rudenko said that Moscow has not yet discussed the incidents in Transnistria with Chisinau, but would like to avoid dragging the region into the situation around Ukraine
Russia wants to avoid dragging Transnistria into what is happening around Ukraine. This was stated to journalists by the deputy head of the Russian Foreign Ministry Andrei Rudenko.
“Let’s wait until the investigation is over. We would like to avoid such a scenario,” Rudenko said, answering a question about whether Transnistria could be involved in the conflict over Ukraine (quoted by RIA Novosti).
“We don’t want the investigation to reveal that the same forces that provoke violence in neighboring regions are behind this,” he added.
According to Rudenko, the situation in the unrecognized republic is very difficult, and its authorities have justifiably introduced a regime of increased terrorist danger. “The investigation will be conducted according to all necessary parameters, and we hope that the reasons will be established and those responsible will be punished,” he said.
He noted that Moscow has not yet discussed the incidents in Transnistria with the Moldovan authorities, but suggested that forces are behind the incident that want to increase tensions in the region.
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In the last few days, three incidents of explosions and shelling have occurred in Transnistria. According to the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the unrecognized republic, on April 26, two of the most powerful antennas of the radio center were disabled by explosions in the village of Mayak, they broadcast Russian radio. Local authorities also reported that a military unit in the village of Parkany was attacked on that day.
The day before, on April 25, a grenade launcher fired at the building of the Ministry of State Security in Tiraspol, explosions occurred. The Interior Ministry of the region reported that, according to preliminary data, the building was fired from an RPG. As reported by the Telegram channel “Fortress: everything about Transnistria” with reference to eyewitnesses, there were “several pops”.
The Pridnestrovian Security Council called these incidents terrorist attacks and established a red terrorist threat level in the republic. The authorities also canceled the parade scheduled for May 9 for security reasons and refused fireworks.
Moldovan President Maia Sandu announced that she will hold a meeting of the country’s Security Council on April 26 due to the situation in Transnistria.
Transnistria borders on Ukraine, where a special military operation of Russia is taking place. Since the end of the active phase of the Transnistrian conflict, which began during the collapse of the Soviet Union, Russian peacekeeping forces have been located in the unrecognized republic.
The Pridnestrovian Moldavian Republic (PMR) declared secession from Moldova in 1990, until 1992 there were hostilities, which ended with the signing of an agreement “On the principles of the settlement of the armed conflict in the Pridnestrovian region of the Republic of Moldova”.
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