The Kremlin continues to escalate the situation around the separatist region on the territory of Moldova.
On Friday, February 24, the Russian Foreign Ministry issued a statement in in which he condemned the so-called “concentration of Ukrainian military forces on the border with Transnistria” and announced that he would use any means to protect the separatist “republic”, which was named equivalent to the territory of the Russian Federation.
The statement of the Russian Foreign Ministry was quoted by the Romanian media .
“We warn the US, NATO and their Ukrainian associates not to resort to adventurous actions. We strongly support the solution of any issue through political and diplomatic means,” the Russian Foreign Ministry cynically stated.
At the same time, the Russian Foreign Ministry threatened that “the army of the Russian Federation will respond to provocations,” and promised to ensure “the protection of our compatriots in Transnistria”.
“Any actions that will pose a danger to them [obviously, residents of the so-called Transnistria] will be regarded, according to international law, as an attack on the Russian Federation,” the Russian Foreign Ministry said in a statement. .
Recall that earlier the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation accused Ukraine of allegedly preparing for an “invasion” of Transnistria.
In response, Mikhail Podolyak, adviser to the head of the President's Office, stressed that the only country that can to arrange provocations on the territory of Transnistria, the Russian Federation is the aggressor state.
The Moldovan authorities also refuted Moscow's statements.
