GPentagon Lava by Lloyd Austin: We do not want the Ukrainian situation to spread to Moldova, the head of the Pentagon, Lloyd Austin, said that Washington would not like the conflict in Ukraine to spread to Moldova. The Pentagon is aware of the incidents in Transnistria and is investigating their causes
Lloyd Austin
The United States considers the expansion of the Ukrainian conflict to Moldova undesirable, Pentagon Chief Lloyd Austin said at a press conference in Germany, broadcast on Twitter by the American Defense Ministry.
“We have seen reports of recent violence and are continuing to investigate the causes. We are analyzing this and in fact are not yet clearly aware of what exactly happened. Of course, we don’t want any expansion,” Austin said, answering the question whether there is a risk of the conflict expanding to Moldova.
Earlier, the authorities of the unrecognized Pridnestrovian Republic reported three incidents: on April 25, unknown persons in Tiraspol fired an RPG grenade launcher at the building of the Ministry of State Security, and on April 26, two antennas of the center that relayed Russian radio were disabled by explosions in the village of Mayak. Also on this day, according to the Pridnestrovian authorities, a military unit in the village of Parkany was attacked.
After that, the authorities canceled for security reasons all mass events dedicated to Victory Day, including the parade on May 9.
The Security Council and the President of Transnistria, Vadim Krasnoselsky, called the incident a terrorist attack, and Krasnoselsky said in Telegram that combat groups from Ukraine were involved in the incidents. He asked the Ukrainian authorities to investigate the facts of the illegal movement of certain militant groups and their commission of terrorist acts in Transnistria.
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In connection with the situation, Krasnoselsky called on the Moldovan authorities to use two formats of communication between the countries—1+1 » and «5+2», in which the OSCE, Russia, Ukraine, the USA and the European Union also participated. “We have to come to an agreement, to agree on peace first of all and to preserve this peace,” Krasnoselsky said.
Chisinau did not agree with the conclusions of the authorities in Tiraspol about the incidents. Moldovan President Maia Sandu held a meeting of the republic’s Security Council on April 26, after which she reported that there is tension in Pridnestrovie between different forces inside the republic that want to destabilize the situation, which threatens Chisinau and creates certain risks. Sandu also stated that Moldova supports the peaceful resolution of the Transnistrian conflict and does not plan to organize a blockade of Transnistria.
The Russian Foreign Ministry called for waiting for the end of the investigation, but stated that they did not want Transnistria to be drawn into the situation around Ukraine.
The command of the peacekeeping forces in the region stated that they are monitoring the situation and the situation in the security zone is calm.
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