party regarding tra nsnistria. we know that russia keeps more than 1,000 troops in transnistria, which is a sort of breakaway enclave within moldovan territory. under russian control. he says, this is peskov, we would advise our moldovan counterparts to tread extremely carefully, and he says there is anti russian hysteria in moldova. how fearful are you that there will be an extension of the conflict into moldova? well, i don t think there is a challenge for moldova in terms of a possible military attack of russia against the country. but i think there are already other ways from the, let s say, hybrid instrumental instruments tool that russia is using. and these were already revealed by the moldovan authorities, groups of people hired and financed by pro russian forces, which are trying to destabilise the country, organising protests which are paid with russian money. these are information which were revealed by the moldovan authorities. by now, the moldovan authorities
of financial markets and also in terms of sharing long term aspirations. you want to see moldova inside the european union? absolutely, we have supported. you also want to see moldova. we have supported. ..inside romania. would you like ultimately to see unification of moldova with romania? we want to see the unification of moldova with romania within the european union, by moldova becoming a member of the european union as a state, as an independent state. and in the meantime. this is what we support. ..you say there is evidence, and by the way, i don t know what evidence you re citing, of continued russian interference and meddling. can you give me some substance to that? well, there are public statements by the foreign minister of russia, by the spokesperson of the russian ministry of foreign affairs. you can check this. well, what we have seen is dmitry peskov, spokesman for the kremlin, delivering a warning to moldova, saying russia was and is, his words, a responsible party regar
in terms of sharing long term aspirations. you want to see moldova inside the european union? absolutely, we have supported. you also want to see moldova. we have supported. ..inside romania. would you like ultimately to see unification of moldova with romania? we want to see the unification of moldova with romania within the european union, by moldova becoming a member of the european union as a state, as an independent state. and in the meantime. this is what we support. ..you say there is evidence, and by the way, i don t know what evidence you re citing, of continued russian interference and meddling. can you give me some substance to that? well, there are public statements by the foreign minister of russia, by the spokesperson of the russian ministry of foreign affairs. you can check this. well, what we have seen is dmitry peskov, spokesman for the kremlin, delivering a warning to moldova, saying russia was and is, his words, a responsible party regarding transnistria. we know tha
yeah, abby. a number of worrying developments here in eastern, crane. the authorities in donetsk, a breakaway enclave backed by russia, out of kyiv s control reported there was an explosion near their government building. it appears to have been a russian-made car. we don t know too much more than that. frg we re hearing out of eastern ukraine in the russian-backed areas, we re taking not just with a grain of salt but with a bag of salt. we did hear from two leaders of those two breakaway enclaves today calling on their citizens to leave and evacuate to russia. they claimed there was a ukrainian offensive planned. that ukrainian troops and weaponry have shown up along the border and so they are telling their citizens to flee. of course, we don t have any sense that ukraine has any intention of doing anything remotely offensive, but this really is something we re watching closely because we are