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Moscow last week told the West that it would view any actions
that threatened Russian peacekeepers in Transdniestria as an
attack on Russia itself, a warning that came amid increased
concerns in Moldova, a small ex-Soviet republic located between
Romania and Ukraine, of a possible Russian threat.
Moldova's pro-European president, Maia Sandu, this month accused
Moscow of plotting a coup, something Russia denied.
"Naturally, the situation in Transdniestria is the subject of
our closest attention and a reason for our concern," Peskov told
reporters. "The situation is unsettled, it is being provoked,
provoked from outside.
"But we know that our opponents in the Ukrainian regime, the
Kyiv regime, as well as those in European countries, are capable
of various types of provocation."
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy has dismissed Moscow's
assertion that Ukraine wants to take over the region, while
Moldova sad there was no truth to the allegations.
Vadim Krasnoselsky, the self-styled president of Transdniestria,
had earlier described the situation in the region as tense, but
urged people to remain calm and said that citizens would be
informed immediately should any threat of danger arise, the
Russian state-run RIA Novosti news agency reported.
(Reporting by Vladimir Soldatkin and Jake Cordell; Writing by
Alexander Marrow; Editing by Kevin Liffey)
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