By Alexander Tanas
CHISINAU (Reuters) – Ukraine accused Moscow on Tuesday of trying to drag Moldova’s breakaway Transnistrian region into the midst of its war with Kiev, after officials in the Russian-backed region said they had been the target of a series of attacks. attacks.
Officials in Transnistria, a swath of unrecognized territory on Ukraine’s southwestern border, said the blasts had damaged two radio towers that broadcast in Russian, and that one of their military units had been attacked.
Without offering much detail, separatist officials blamed Ukraine, raising its terrorist threat level to red, and introducing checkpoints around its cities.
“The trail of these attacks leads to Ukraine,” Russian news agency Tass reported, quoting Vadim Krasnoselsky, the self-proclaimed president of Transnistria, as saying: “I assume that those who organized this attack have the purpose of dragging Transnistria into the conflict.” .
Reuters was unable to independently verify reports of attacks.
The Kremlin, which has troops and peacekeepers in the region, said it was seriously concerned.
Moldova, which is sensitive to any signs of deteriorating security in the country, called an emergency meeting of its security council after the reports.
“From the information we have at the moment, these attempts to escalate the situation come from factions within the Transnistria region that are pro-war forces and are interested in destabilizing the situation in the region,” Moldovan President Maia Sandu said in a statement. Collective interview.
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