2024-04-06 10:17:30
They claim that this happened against the background of the Kremlin’s hybrid operation aimed at destabilizing the situation in Moldova. Russia may blame Ukraine for the attack, although there is no evidence that Kiev was involved in the strike. ISW’s analysis points out that Moscow has already done this when a similar event took place on March 17.
“ISW cannot independently verify the details of the reported drone strike or identify those responsible, but it is unlikely that the strike was carried out by Ukrainian forces, given the limited means used in the strike.” Russian authorities have previously falsely accused Ukraine of 17 March. after carrying out a drone strike on a military base in Transnistria, may also blame Ukraine on April 5. carrying out the strike as part of the Kremlin’s hybrid operations against Moldova,” the analyst report said.
The Analytical Center recalls that on April 5, taking advantage of the attack on Transnistria, the head of another pro-Russian region of Moldova (Gagauzia), Yevgeniy Gucul, threatened to “immediately” start the process of secession from Moldova if it wants to unite with Romania.
Some Ukrainian and Russian analysts believe that this is a very real possibility for the protection of Moldova. They say that this way the country could become a member of NATO on its own terms.
ISW believes that the Kremlin also understands this “danger”, which is why it is now taking various measures to prevent the country from becoming part of the EU or NATO.
UNIAN reminds that a drone of unknown origin struck a military base in Transnistria on April 5. in the afternoon, around 14.35. It was at the specified time that the drone was spotted over a military unit of the Ministry of Defense in the Rybnica region of Transnistria. The latter is about six kilometers from the border with Ukraine.
As Andrijus Yusov, representative of the Main Intelligence Board (HUR) of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine, commented, Kiev has nothing to do with these events. He said that Ukraine would certainly not waste its valuable drones on such attacks.
Transnistrian authorities are now conducting an investigation into the events in the Rybnica region. Yesterday, the first pictures of the effects of the drone strike were released.
2024-04-06 10:17:30