THE Russian President Vladimir Putin and Turkish counterpart of Recep Tayyip Erdogan discussed her subject Of Ukraine in contact via phone they had, the Kremlin announced today without giving further details.
The representative of the Kremlin Dmitry Peshkov told reporters that a more detailed update on this phone call would be made later.
In the meantime, Peshkov pointed out that Moscow monitors closely the facts in Transnistriathe breakaway region of Moldova, stressing that Moscow is seriously concerned about the information coming from the region.
Moldova on alert after hit on its territory – Complains of terrorist attack
THE President of Moldova Maia Santou convened an emergency Supreme Security Council of the country after “incidents” noted intransnational region of Transnistria
announced the presidency. At the same time, the Transnistrian Security Council announced “terrorist attack” againstmilitary unit near Tiraspol
.
The Supreme Security Council will meet at noon and then the president will give a press conference. Authorities in Transnistria, a breakaway region of Moldova, have said in a statement that the bomber struck shortly after noon in front of a radio station.near the border with Ukraine
. “In the early hours of Tuesday, two explosions were heard from the village of Mayak.” refers to an announcement of its local Ministry of Interiorspontaneous “democracy”
. They hit the village radio tower, located about 50 kilometers from Tiraspol, the “capital” of Transnistria. Both antennas were switched off. Yesterday, the Transnistrian authorities announced that the headquarters of the Ministry of Public Security in Tiraspol becametarget of a grenade attack
without any casualties.
The “incidents” occur at a time when the Moldovan authorities are afraid of opening a side front of the Russian attack on Ukraine.
Concerns were heightened last week when a Russian general said Moscow was seeking to occupy southern Ukraine, which borders Transnistria, to secure direct access to the Moscow-backed separatist enclave financially and militarily.
General Rustam Minekaev, deputy commander of the Russian Central Command, also said that Moldova’s Russian-speaking population was “victims of oppression.” This pretext is systematically invoked by Moscow for its military interventions. He also referred to the “defense of the Russian minority” for its invasion of Ukraine.
Moldova has summoned the Russian ambassador to protest the threat, calling on Moscow to “respect its territorial integrity.”
Transnistria seceded from the state of Moldova after a brief civil conflict following the break-up of the Soviet Union. The enclave, with a population of 500,000, is almost entirely dependent on Moscow, which supplies free gas and has deployed 1,500 troops there.
* Moldova was the name of the Republic that was a component of the Soviet Union. Since the declaration of its independence after the dissolution of the USSR, the name of the country is the Republic of Moldova.
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