BUCHAREST, Romania (AP) – Police in the Moldovan separatist region of Transnistria say several explosions, believed to be caused by rocket-propelled grenades, hit the Ministry of State Security on Monday.
No injuries were immediately reported. The interior ministry said in a Facebook post that some windows of the building were broken and smoke was coming from the building.
Transnistria, a strip of land of about 470,000 people between Moldova and Ukraine, has been under the control of separatist authorities since a war with Moldova in 1992.
Russia bases about 1,500 troops there, nominally as peacekeepers, but there is great concern that the troops could be used to invade Ukraine.
A senior Russian military official, Rustam Minnekayev, said last week that Russian troops are aiming to take full control of southern Ukraine, and said such a move would open the way to Transnistria.
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