The Armed Forces of Ukraine (AFU) have concentrated troops on the border with Moldova. Natalya Gumenyuk, a representative of the Yug operational command, spoke about this on February 27 on the air of the telethon.
According to her, the accumulation of Ukrainian forces near the border of Moldova, which actually controls Tiraspol, is “adequate to the threat that is hypothetically possible” from Russia.
Since 1992, a contingent of Russian armed forces has been in Transnistria, mainly engaged in guarding ammunition in the village of Kolbasnaya and the Tiraspol military airfield.
A landing in Pridnestrovie is a priori impossible, because for this it is necessary to cross the airspace of either NATO countries or directly Ukraine, Gumenyuk said.
Ukraine handed over to Moldova intelligence about Moscow’s plans to stage a coup d’etat in the republic, after which the Russian Ministry of Defense accused Kyiv itself of preparing the invasion. Chisinau rejected such plans of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
Earlier, Moldovan President Maia Sandu said that the Ukrainian side conveyed to her the Kremlin’s plans to destabilize the situation in Moldova.
Wizz Air stops all flights to Chisinau and Chisinau from March 14.
According to IPN, the decision was made as a result of “the recent events in Moldova and the high, but inevitable risk in the country’s airspace.”
The safety of passengers and crew remains the number one priority for Wizz Air, and as a result of recent events in Moldova and high, but inevitable, in the airspace of the country, Wizz Air has taken the difficult but responsible decision to suspend all flights to Chisinau from March 14. in a company press release.
Flights from Chisinau to Budapest and Prague will be suspended without a direct alternative to replace them. After March 14, Wizz Air will provide additional flights from Romanian Iasi.
Ukraine has the right to strike at Transnistria, but will not do so,” said Oazu Nantoi, MP from Moldovan President Mai Sandu’s Action and Solidarity Party.
According to him, the war is an unpredictable business, therefore, the risk of a stab in the back from the occupied Transnistria remains, and Ukraine is annoyed by the fact that it is forced to keep troops in this direction. At the same time, the politician believes that Ukraine will not attack Pridnestrovie, since there is a constructive dialogue between Kiev and Chisinau.
Vladimir Zelensky said on February 24 that Russia actively began to spin the story of “Ukraine’s offensive against Transnistria” after Moldova received intelligence from the Ukrainian side about Russia’s plans to stage a coup d’état there.
According to him, Russia is deliberately provoking an aggravation in this region and may attack Moldova, since the path must be shown to victory. In Ukraine, this is not possible on the battlefield.
He is looking for weaknesses,” Zelensky added.
The Prime Minister of Moldova believes that Russia plans to seize the airport in Chisinau.
Source: Racurs
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