Moldova Explosions Raise Fears Separatist Region Could be Drawn into Ukraine War

Toppled Pridnestrovian radio center antennas, also known as "Grigoriopol transmitter," following the blasts, near Maiac, Grigoriopol, in the Transnistria region, on April 26, 2022. Transdniestrian Interior Ministry/Handout via Reuters

Attacks in Moldova’s breakaway region of Transnistria have raised concerns that Russia will drag the area into the Ukraine war.

The area borders western Ukraine and is controlled by pro-Russian separatists. Russia has permanently stationed some 1,500 troops in the unrecognized sliver of land since the collapse of the Soviet Union.