Russia hints that Moldova should expect guests - Podoliak

IRYNA BALACHUK - TUESDAY, 26 APRIL, 2022, 16:19

Mykhailo Podoliak, an adviser to the head of the [Ukrainian] President's Office, believes that Russia is trying to destabilise the situation in the unrecognised "Transnistrian Republic of Moldova" and is hinting that Moldova should expect "guests".

Source: Podoliak on Twitter

Podoliak's quote: "Russia is trying to destabilise the situation in the Transnistrian region and is hinting that Moldova should expect "guests". Bad news: if Ukraine does not resist, tomorrow the enemy will be at the gates of Chisinau."

Details: At the same time, he added that there is good news. Ukraine will provide strategic security in the region. But we need to work as one team, Podoliak concluded.

Background:

• On 25 April, a series of explosions were heard in the capital of the unrecognised Transnistrian Moldavian Republic (TMR).
• Ukrainian intelligence reports that a few days ago, unrecognised Transnistria began preparing for "explosions" organised by the FSB [Russian Federal Security Service] as a justification for the war with Ukraine or with the purpose of involving the Transnistrian region in hostilities in the war against Ukraine.
• Later the so-called Ministry of Internal Affairs of Transnistria reported that on the morning of 26 April in the village of Maiak Grigoriopol district two explosions had been heard: the first at 6:40, the second at 7:05.
• In unrecognised Transnistria,  reports came of a third attack on the territory of the so-called "republic".