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Russia planning operations to destabilise pro-EU Moldova, officials warn

Warning comes as Moldovan president blames ‘pro-war forces’ for explosions in separatist-controlled region

Russia is planning hybrid attacks to destabilise the pro-western government of Moldova, Ukrainian and Moldovan officials have warned, as a series of explosions rocked the country’s Russian-controlled separatist enclave of Transnistria bordering Ukraine.

The warning of Russian influence operations designed to promote pro-Kremlin forces comes as the Moldovan president blamed “pro-war forces” for attacks in Transnistria.

Russia said last week that its new goals from its more than two-month-long invasion of Ukraine included capturing the country’s southern coastline an