Transnistria is a breakaway state, recognized by no sovereign nation. It’s a sliver of land sandwiched between Moldova and Ukraine and only a little larger than Rhode Island, the smallest state ...

Lukashenko’s map ostensibly showed Russia invading Transnistria, which is a breakaway state of Moldova and where Russian loyalists dominate. Internationally, Transnistria is recognized as part ...

While Moldova distanced itself from Russia in the final years of the USSR and grew closer to neighboring Romania, Transnistria sought to hold on to its Soviet ties and declared its independence in ...

Russia’s latest focus is Transnistria, an unrecognised breakaway republic on Moldova’s south-eastern border with Ukraine. On Monday the region’s state-security ministry in Tiraspol, its self ...

Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko may have accidentally revealed Russia's further plans for invasion, on live television, after he was seen standing by a map that appeared to show Russian ...

WASHINGTON, DC – The Moldovan ambassador to the U.S. said Wednesday his country is prepared to defend its borders if Russia or Belarus were to invade the former Soviet republic. "The country is ...

First, Moldova, specifically Transnistria, could help Russia close in on Ukraine or launch an attack into Western Ukraine. Second, if Russia does grab more of southeastern Ukraine, Transnistria would ...

Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko, one of Russia’s few European allies, might have divulged President Vladimir Putin’s next step: an invasion of Moldova. Putin ordered an all-out ...

Transnistria, an autonomous territory in Moldova, makes moves to join the Russian Federation, heightening concern in Europe's poorest nation.