U.S. monitors blasts reported in [Transnistria] Moldova breakaway region bordering Ukraine

wapoo ^ | Ellen Francis and Mary Ilyushina

[BenLurkin]

Pentagon said Tuesday, after the breakaway region of Transnistria bordering Ukraine said explosions over the past two days hit a radio center and a security headquarters.

No one immediately claimed responsibility for the blasts. A Moldovan government body warned Monday of possible attempts to “create pretexts for straining the security situation in the Transnistrian region,” and the Ukrainian Defense Ministry called the blasts a “planned provocation by the Russian special services.”

Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said Tuesday that Russia doesn’t know who was responsible for the attacks but suspects an attempt to “destabilize the situation.” His comments followed a statement by the Russian Foreign Ministry that said the country wanted to avoid a scenario in which it “will have to intervene in the conflict in Transnistria.” The statement, published by Russia news agency RIA, described the news of explosions as “alarming.”

[hoosierham]

Same M.O. as Hitler : all people of Russian ethnicity AND the places they live must be under one flag...

[bigbob]

Not necessarily all, but Putin wants Donbas and southern Ukraine to provide a land connection between Russia and Crimea and Moldova. When you look at the map it makes sense. The fact that it leaves Ukraine landlocked is seen as a bonus that in time may bring all of Ukraine back into the fold. But this is why he may declare victory without conquering all of Ukraine at this time.