The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation made a statement in connection with the supposedly preparation of Ukraine of military provocation in relation to Transnistria (Moldova).
“In connection with the significant accumulation of personnel and military equipment of Ukrainian units recorded by the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation near the Ukrainian-Podnestrovsky border, the deployment of artillery on fire positions, as well as unprecedented increase in the flights of unmanned Armed Forces of the Armed Forces of the Armed Forces of the Armed Forces of Transnistria, the USA-orientation countries, and the oriental countries. NATO and their Ukrainian wards from the next adventurous steps, ”the document posted on the website of the ministry says.
The statement notes that “no one should have doubts that the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation will adequately respond to the provocation of the Kiev regime, if any, and will protect our compatriots, the Russian peacekeeping contingent, military personnel of the operational group of Russian troops and military warehouses in N.P. Solbasna in Transnistria, ”the statement emphasizes.
The Russian Foreign Ministry indicated that “any actions that pose a threat to their security will be considered in accordance with international law as an attack on the Russian Federation.”
Earlier, the Russian Ministry of Defense claimed the allegedly threat to the Russian military in Transnistria because of the planned “provocation” of the Ukrainian army.