Tag: breakaway
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Officials in breakaway Transnistria blame Ukrainian drone strike after military site explosion – Winnipeg Free Press
[ad_1] A drone strike at a military installation in Moldova’s breakaway republic of Transnistria on Sunday destroyed a helicopter and ignited a fire, officials said. The area’s pro-Russian authorities blamed the strike on Ukraine. Russia bases about 1,500 troops in Transnistria, nominally as peacekeepers, guarding huge Soviet-era weapons and ammunition stockpiles at the military depot…
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Azerbaijan and Armenia fight for 2nd day over the breakaway region of Nagorno-Karabakh – Winnipeg Free Press
[ad_1] YEREVAN, Armenia (AP) — Explosions rocked parts of Nagorno-Karabakh early Wednesday, a day after Azerbaijani forces used heavy artillery fire on Armenian positions in the separatist region that local officials said killed or wounded scores of people. Azerbaijan has called the artillery fire an “anti-terrorist operation” and said it will continue until the separatist…