Moldova holds security meeting as tensions rise over breakaway region
by Pjotr Sauer from on (#5YJCX)
President calls meeting amid fears Transnistria - controlled by pro-Russia separatists - could be drawn into Ukraine war
Moldova's president, Maia Sandu, is convening a meeting of her security council on Tuesday following a series of incidents in the breakaway Moldovan republic of Transnistria and a warning from Moscow that the Russian-backed region could be drawn into the war in Ukraine.
Transnistria, which borders western Ukraine, is controlled by pro-Russia separatists and permanently hosts 1,500 Russian troops as well as a large arms depot.
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