Border with Moldova’s Transnistria is ‘well-fortified’ – Kyiv
Ukrainian troops on the border with Moscow-controlled Transnistria region of Moldova are prepared for any Russia-inspired “provocations,” Ukraine’s Operational Command South spokesperson Nataliya Humenyuk said on Feb. 26.
According to Humenyuk, there is currently no substantial military threat from Transnistria.
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“We know their order of operations, troop movements, and essentially everything that's going on, right down to the combat training plan,” said Humenyuk.
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“We are carefully monitoring what and when they are doing, and what they are preparing for.”
She stated that the Ukrainian-Moldovan border, including the Transnistria section, is “well-fortified.”
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“We can say that we will not allow any provocations at the border,” Humenyuk concluded.
In February 2023, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy claimed that Ukrainian intelligence had intercepted a Russian plan to destabilize the political situation in Moldova.
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