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In case you missed Volodymyr Zelenskiy’s latest national address, the Ukrainian president said he believes Russia is trying to destabilise the situation in the Transnistrian region, while Ukrainian armed forces are ready for a possible escalation by Russian troops in the temporarily occupied territory of the Republic of Moldova.
Answering journalists’ questions after a meeting with IAEA director general Rafael Mariano Grossi in Kyiv, Zelenskiy said that he fully shares the assessment of the situation by Moldovan President Maia Sandu.
We clearly understand that this is one of the steps of the Russian Federation. The special services are working there. It’s not just about fake news. The goal is obvious – to destabilise the situation in the region, to threaten Moldova. They show that if Moldova supports Ukraine, there will be certain steps.”
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