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Transnistrian region in focus after missile fall

Members of the Unified Control Commission will meet on September 27 to discuss the missile that reportedly fell on the territory of the breakaway Transnistrian region yesterday, according to the Executive’s spokesperson, Daniel Voda.

The government representative clarified that according to information from the Ministry of Defense, the missile did not fly over the airspace of the Republic of Moldova, and all details, including the origin of the device, will be communicated later, after the case is clarified.

“There are still many unknowns in this case. The Ministry of Defense does not confirm that the national airspace was flown over by unidentified objects. The Chisinau representative in the Unified Control Commission will ask the relevant questions so that we can know more details. The government is committed to communicating verified, truthful information, and with this opportunity I want to make a public invitation to everyone, that when some news appear that are not verified or the origin or affiliation of these is not clear, we should wait for the official reactions that are verified from credible sources,” Daniel Voda continued.

Yesterday, the head of the delegation from the left bank of the Dniester in the Unified Control Commission, Oleg Belyakov, reported fragments of a missile that fell in the village of Chițcani on the right bank of the Dniester, controlled by the regime in Tiraspol. The authorities in Chisinau say that military observers from the Joint Peacekeeping Forces and those from the Transnistrian region will investigate this case.

On September 25, President Maia Sandu stressed in a television interview that Chisinau cannot verify on the spot what happened on the left bank of the Dniester, but she emphasised that “bombs are falling because there is a war in Ukraine, and the war was provoked by Russia.”

Translation by Iurie Tataru

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