Tensions surge after breakaway Moldovan region reports attacks; Kyiv blames Russia


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  • Tuesday, 26 Apr 2022

A view of toppled Pridnestrovian radio centre antennas, also known as "Grigoriopol transmitter", following the blasts, near Maiac, Grigoriopol, in Moldova's self-proclaimed separatist Transdniestria region, in this handout photo released on April 26, 2022. Transdniestrian Interior Ministry/Handout via REUTERS

CHISINAU (Reuters) -Ukraine accused Moscow on Tuesday of trying to drag Moldova's breakaway region of Transdniestria into its war on Kyiv after authorities in the Moscow-backed region said they had been targeted by a series of attacks.

Authorities in Transdniestria, an unrecognised sliver of land bordering southwestern Ukraine, said that explosions had damaged two radio masts that broadcast in Russian and that one of its military units had been attacked.

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