Moldova dismisses Russian claims of Ukrainian plot to invade breakaway region

Moldova's government has called for calm after Moscow claimed without evidence that an invasion of Transnistria was likely

Moldova's government has dismissed an accusation by Russia's defence ministry that Ukraine is planning to invade the breakaway Moldovan region of Transnistria after staging a false-flag operation.

We call for calm and for information to be received [by the public] from official and credible sources of the Republic of Moldova," the government said in a statement.