President sees no military threat for Moldova, says provocations are not ruled out
According to Maia Sandu, there are currently no risks for the republic "that something will happen in the next few weeks"
CHISINAU, May 11. /TASS/. Moldovan President Maia Sandu does not see a military threat for her country in connection with the situation in Ukraine, but she does not rule out provocations.
"It is logical that we are worried. But I don’t want to see fear gripping the society. We need to be vigilant and careful," Sandu told the TVR Moldova TV channel.
According to the president, there are currently no risks for the republic "that something will happen in the next few weeks". "There is a risk of certain incidents and provocations, but I think that we are safe," she stressed.
Moldova’s breakaway region of Transnistria saw a chain of terrorist attacks at the end of April. On April 25, the building of the Ministry of State Security in Tiraspol came under an attack involving hand-held grenade launchers, a military base near the Parkany settlement also was attacked. Two radio antennas were blown up in the Mayak settlement in Transnistria on April 26. The next day, a shooting incident was reported near an ammunition depot in Kolbasna, which stores over 20,000 tonnes of ordnance, relocated there after Soviet forces’ withdrawal from European states. Transnistrian President Vadim Krasnoselsky said that the available evidence pointed at the territory of Ukraine and introduced the highest level of terrorist alert.