Officials in Transnistria, a pro-Russian breakaway region in Moldova, have held a rare meeting in which they called on Moscow for help with security. There had been reports that the region's council ...

Russian President Vladimir Putin may announce the annexation of the pro-Russian breakaway region of Transnistria, the Institute for the Study of War (ISW) has said. While the Washington, D.C., think ...

The mysterious explosions that rocked a thin strip of land in the small ex-Soviet nation of Moldova this week are fueling concerns that the war in Ukraine could spill over its borders and into Europe.

Transnistria is a breakaway state, recognized by no sovereign nation. It’s a sliver of land sandwiched between Moldova and Ukraine and only a little larger than Rhode Island, the smallest state in the ...

Ukrainian defense officials said Friday that Russia is using an ammunition depot in the Moldovan breakaway region of Transnistria to smuggle arms across its borders. Transnistria, which borders the ...

Explosions and gunshots in Transnistria, the Russian-backed separatist territory in Moldova, are raising fears that Moscow is looking to escalate its grab for territory beyond its war in Ukraine. The ...

The Kremlin has yet to signal an immediate route for escalation following the appeal of lawmakers in the Russian-controlled Moldovan region of Transnistria, the Institute for the Study of War (ISW) ...

TIRASPOL, Transnistria — The hammer-and-sickle still flutters proudly over the park-lined thoroughfares in this capital of a country that doesn’t exist. The top of City Hall bears the Soviet star. And ...

NOVOKATOVSK, Transnistria — In this tiny, hardscrabble village that could easily be mistaken for the fictional Anatevka in “Fiddler on the Roof,” farmer Or Cohen, 35, lives with his wife, Anya, and ...

"Four explosions took place near the village of Voronkove, Rybnytskyi District, near the former airfield," the MVD said. "On the evening of May 6, at around 9:40 pm, the first two explosive devices ...

The unrecognized Transnistria received signals from Ukraine at the beginning of the Russian full-scale invasion, so it is behaving quietly, but there may be various changes due to a possible change in ...