What do the Transnistrians think of the pro-Russian separatists' appeal to Moscow? | DW News

Ukraine is warning against 'destructive external interference' in Moldova's breakaway region of Transnistria. This, after pro-Russia separatists there asked Moscow for „protection". It's the same overture used by separatists in eastern Ukraine a decade ago.

The self-proclaimed Republic of Transnistria is a tiny sliver of land located between Ukraine and Moldova - they were both Soviet Republics. Transnistria broke away from Moldova during the collapse of the Soviet Union in the early 1990s.

People identifying as 'Russian' – many of them hold Russian citizenship – make up a sizable minority in Transnistria. And tensions have been rising ever since Russia's invasion of Ukraine.

For more on this, we talk to freelance journalist Mircha Barbu, who joins us from just outside Chisinau, the capital of Moldova.

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