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Newshour: 23/04/2022 12:06 GMT: Russia appears to threaten Moldova

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Russia appears to threaten Moldova

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23/04/2022 12:06 GMT: Russia appears to threaten Moldova

BBC World Service - Newshour, Russia appears to threaten Moldova

A Russian military leader has said Moscow wants a corridor to Transnistria in Moldova

A senior Russian commander has said Moscow seeks "control over the south of Ukraine" that could provide access to Moldova's Russian-backed breakaway region of Transnistria.

Senior Russian commander Major General Rustam Minnekayev was quoted in state media as saying that Moscow seeks "control over the south of Ukraine", which he claimed would give Moscow access to the Russian-backed separatist region of Transnistria in Moldova. We hear reaction from a former Moldovan MP and ambassador to the US.

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