The Moldovan presidency said in a statement that Maya Sandu “will hold a meeting of the Supreme Security Council today due to the events in Transnistria.”
The memo specified that the government meeting would begin at 10:00 GMT (11:00 in Lisbon) and the president would hold a press conference at the end of the meeting, around 12:00 GMT (13:00).
Today, two explosions destroyed a radio tower, and on Monday, the separatist authorities reported a grenade launcher attack on an official building in the regional capital, Tiraspol.
These two incidents caused no casualties, but they reinforce fears that the conflict raging in neighboring Ukraine will spread to Moldova.
Moldova gained its independence in the early 1990s, with the collapse of the Soviet Union, but Russian forces stationed on the fringes of the territory, with less than half a million inhabitants, known as Transnistria, opposed the Moldovan authorities and created a new independent state, declaring a de facto republic.
Transnistria is not recognized internationally as a country, but it still exists as a separate entity from Moldova.
It is estimated that about 2,000 Russian soldiers are permanently stationed in Transnistria.
Tiraspol is located only a hundred kilometers from the Ukrainian port of Odessa, which is one of the objectives of the current Kremlin campaign.
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