Transnistrian military base hit by explosive Ukrainian drone | VIDEO

Pro-Russian separatist authorities in the Moldovan region Transnistria They stated this Sunday that an explosive drone, coming from Ukrainereached a military base in its capital.

“An explosion caused a fire at a military base in Tiraspol“, indicated the Ministry of State Security of this self-proclaimed republic, cited by local Russian media.

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“It was preliminarily established that the explosion was caused by a kamikaze attack with a drone“, he added, guaranteeing that the device came from the Ukrainian region of Odessa.

Separatist authorities said there were no injuries and opened a criminal investigation.

public television Transnistria He posted surveillance video on his Telegram account showing a projectile hitting a military helicopter, which exploded and caught fire.

A kamikaze drone attacked a military unit in Transnistria, causing an explosion and fire but no casualties, according to the republic’s Ministry of State Security.

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Transnistria is a predominantly Russian-speaking region that has long depended on support Moscow and that he separated Moldaviaa pro-European Romanian-speaking country bordering Ukraineafter the fall of Soviet Union.

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The authorities in this region requested at the end of February Russia “protective measures“before the”increasing pressure”, according to them, from the Moldovans.

Transnistria borders the Ukrainian region of Odessa, which Russian forces failed to conquer when they invaded Ukraine in February 2022.

The region separated after a brief war against the Moldovan army in 1992. According to official data, Russia maintains 1,500 soldiers there, with the aim of carrying out a peacekeeping mission.

Source: Elcomercio

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