Transnistria, the thin slip of land between Moldova and Ukraine, is back in the news.
For the first time in 30 years, the frozen conflict between Moldova and the separatist region came close to ‘unfreezing’ when several explosions rocked strategic locations in Transnistria last week. Around the world, politicians began talking about the threat of Russia’s war in Ukraine spreading to Moldova via the Moscow-backed breakaway territory.
Concern arose after a senior Russian military official said that the “second phase” of Russia’s war against Ukraine would involve seizing a land corridor to Transnistria, where Russian-speaking citizens allegedly suffer from discrimination.
