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On May 5, shooting was reported in the area of a border crossing between Ukraine and the Pridnestrovian Moldavian Republic (PMR, Transnistria).
Local residents reported shooting in the area of the Kuchurgan checkpoint on the border, according to the local TSV TV channel.
A source in the law enforcement agencies of the PMR confirmed that indiscriminate shooting took place on the territory of Ukraine near the village of Pavlovka. It is near the village of Kuchurgan, in the area of the railway bridge, which was blown up on March 4.
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The border crossing is located to the east of the city of Chisinau, on the highway which links the PMR with Odessa. The crossing is currently closed.
The situation in the PMR remains tense since April. Earlier, three terrorist attacks took place in Transnistria: in the building of the Ministry of State Security of the PMR in Tiraspol, near a military unit in the area of the village of Parkany and in the facilities of the radio center near the village of Mayak. Later, another attack was prevented in the radio station.
The red level of terrorist danger was declared in the republic.
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According to the President of the PMR Vadim Krasnoselsky, the explosions were the provocations linked to Ukraine. Deputy Prime Minister of Moldova for Reintegration Oleg Serebrian, for his part, said that the reason for these incidents was the confrontation within the PMR itself.
In the past weeks, the situation around the small unrecognised republic of Transnistria has sharply escalated.
From the west, NATO units are moving towards Moldova’s borders. Ukraine declares its willingness to break through into the territory of Transnistria in order to open the second front and capture Russian Peacekeeping forces deployed in the region.
Military clashes of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation with the Armed Forces of Poland and Romania on the territory of a non-member state of NATO is the perfect scenario for Kiev and Washington. The Moldovan leadership is trying its best to avoid the hostilities in the region. Chisinau understands that the outbreak of hostilities in Transnistria will lead to a war on the territory of Moldova itself. However, Moldova’s security risks being sacrificed to the interests of Kiev and its allies.
