The separatist Transnistria region inside Moldova said Saturday that unidentified drones dropped explosives near its border with Ukraine, the latest unexplained blasts to have hit the region in recent weeks.
Transnistria’s interior ministry said drones were responsible for four explosions that took place late Friday near a former airfield in the village of Vărăncău. There were no casualties, the ministry said.
Transnistria says it has been the target of several explosions in the past two weeks, which its authorities have called terrorist attacks. A military base, two Soviet-era radio towers broadcasting Russian-language stations and the headquarters of the state security service in Tiraspol were among the recent targets, it says.
Transnistria is a separatist region inside Moldova, a small European country flanked by Ukraine to the east and Romania to the west. The region broke away from former Soviet Republic Moldova following its declaration of independence from the U.S.S.R. in 1991, in an effort to stay within the Soviet bloc.
The pro-Russian enclave has stirred concern among Moldovan government authorities over the role that some 1,500 Russian troops stationed in Transnistria could play in shoring up Moscow’s military campaign in Ukraine, prompting Moldova to place its security forces on alert.
A Russian general recently said that Moscow wants to establish a land corridor from the Ukrainian port city of Mariupol to Crimea and onward to Transnistria.
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