The region broke away from Moldova following the collapse of the Soviet Union in 1990, but it is not recognised as a state.

the spy reported to his handler — the ‘deputy defense minister of Transnistria,’ who collaborates with Russia’s GRU,” the statement read. Read also: Ukrainian space agency official ...

One of these is Transnistria, officially known as the Pridnestrovian Moldavian Republic, a landlocked breakaway state. It ...

CHISINAU, May 6. /TASS/. Transnistria remains neutral to the conflict in Ukraine, so an attack from the unrecognized republic is not possible, Transnistrian leader Vadim Krasnoselsky said at a ...

TASS/. Ukraine has no intention to attack Transnistria, but keeps forces near its border, because the Operation Group of Russian Forces (OGRF) is deployed there, Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmitry ...

Kosovo, Transnistria and eastern Ukraine are stark examples. All three remain frozen in ethnic competition and power-claims, spurred on by paramilitary groups with the backing of larger powers – most ...

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some of the gas was also supplied to a breakaway region of Transnistria in Ukraine’s neighbour of Moldova. Increased military hostilities in the Kursk region near the border with Ukraine have ...

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, during a press conference with Moldovan President Maia Sandu, stated that Ukraine is ...