Government warns unnamed forces are stoking tensions in Russian-speaking breakaway region of Transnistria
Transnistrian authorities have blamed Ukraine for the attacks, while Kyiv has pointed the finger at Russia, saying Moscow is seeking to destablise the region.
One of Europe’s poorest countries, Moldova is grappling with a large influx of refugees and the economic fallout of the war that has stopped nearly 15% of its exports. The war is also having “major negative economic impacts”, Popescu said as up to 14% of Moldova’s exports, which had gone to Ukraine, Belarus and Russia, had “virtually stopped”. Inflation had shot up to 22% and the price of Moldova’s imports had gone up, as the nearby Ukrainian port ofMoldova is seeking economic support from the EU, as well as eventual membership of the bloc.
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