MOSCOW, February 24. /TASS/. The implementation of a provocation plotted by the Kiev regime in Transnistria poses a threat to the Russian peacekeeping group there, the Russian Defense Ministry told reporters on Thursday.

"The implementation of the Ukrainian authorities’ scheduled provocation poses a direct threat to the Russian peacekeeping contingent deployed legitimately in Transnistria," the ministry said.

As the Defense Ministry pointed out, the Russian Armed Forces will respond appropriately to the provocation plotted by Ukraine.