Breakaway Moldova region Transnistria says foiled Ukraine-backed ‘terror’ attack
- Transnistria said it thwarted a Ukrainian assassination attempt against the region’s leader
- Ukraine denied the accusations, and claimed they were a ‘provocation orchestrated by the Kremlin’
The leader of Moldova’s breakaway region said that his government would appeal to the UN Security Council to probe a “terror” attack and ensure the security of Transnistria.
Pro-Russian authorities in the region earlier on Thursday accused Kyiv of planning such an attack, fuelling fears of a spillover of the Ukraine conflict.
“I have already instructed the foreign minister to prepare appeals to all members of the UN Security Council,” Transnistria leader Vadim Krasnoselsky told residents in a live broadcast, adding it was important to “look into this situation and ensure our safety”.
He claimed that members of Ukraine’s SBU security service were involved.
Kyiv denied the accusations and said any suggestions that Ukraine was behind an attack in Transnistria was a Kremlin-orchestrated plot.
Transnistria is a narrow strip of land in the east of the ex-Soviet republic that borders Ukraine. It separated from Moldova after fighting in 1992 and Russia has maintained a contingent of troops there since.