What’s next for Moldova’s breakaway region of Transnistria?

The World

Explosions this week in Moldova’s breakaway region of Transnistria, bordering Ukraine, are raising further questions about Russian plans in the region. It’s not clear who was behind the explosions. But a Russian military commander said last week that the Kremlin plans to set up a corridor through southern Ukraine, connecting it to the separatist region of Transnistria, where about 1,500 Russian troops are stationed. “We are a fragile country in a fragile region,” Maia Sandu, Moldova’s president, said. The World’s Europe correspondent Orla Barry reports.

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