- The announcement comes after the worsening of the situation in the region, where several explosions have been registered.
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The President of Moldova, Maia Sandu, today called a meeting of the Supreme Security Council (SSC) due to the worsening of the situation in the breakaway region of Transnistria.
"Sandu has convened today a meeting of the Supreme Security Council due to the incidents in the Transnistria region", where several explosions have been registered, reported the press office of the Moldovan Presidency.
Specifically, two explosions have destroyed two antennas of a radio and television center in the town of Griporiool, as reported by the Ministry of the Interior of Transnistria. They occurred early this Tuesday morning and have left no victims, according to the Moldovan digital newspaper Politika. MD.
"The first explosion occurred around 06:40 (03:40 GMT) and the second, at 07:05 (04:05 GMT), destroyed two of the most powerful antennas of the 'Maiak' radio center," the publication stated.
According to the Transnistrian authorities, the destroyed antennas were used to retransmit Russian radio signals.
The attack against the Grigoriopol radio and television center is the second perpetrated in the territory of Transnistria in less than 24 hours.
Previous attack
This Monday, unknown individuals attacked the headquarters of the country's Ministry of State Security with grenade launchers, and denounced the Ministry of the Interior of the separatist entity, with a Russian-speaking majority, on its Telegram account.
In the attack, perpetrated in the center of Tiraspol, the capital of Transnistria, at least three projectiles were launched, which caused material damage to both the ministerial headquarters and neighboring buildings, with no reported victims.
The Moldovan Government Office for Reintegration has expressed concern about Monday's explosions, saying available information indicates that the "aim of the incident was to create pretexts for an escalation of the security situation in the Transnistria region, which is not controlled by the constitutional authorities".
Transnistria, a territory of barely half a million inhabitants, mostly Slavs, broke ties with Moldova after an armed conflict (1992-1993) in which it had Russian help.
Since the end of that conflict, which cost the lives of hundreds of people, Moldova has advocated the integration of the two territories divided by the Dniester River, something the separatists have always refused to do.
Under the Agreement for the Peaceful Solution of the Transnistria conflict signed in July 1992, Russia posted 2,400 troops to guarantee peace in the area, but this contingent was reduced over the years.