Defense Intelligence: russia prepares missile attack with civil casualties in Transnistria

Residents of the unrecognized “Transnistria Moldovan Republic” receive text messages allegedly on behalf of the Armed Forces and the Security Services of Ukraine. The messages have warnings of “missile and artillery” strike on the territory of the TMR.This is informed by the Defense Intelligence Directorate of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine.“The Security Service of Ukraine strongly recommends the civil population to evacuate to the most secure regions. We assure you that the Armed Forces of Ukraine wish no evil to peaceful residents, however, the people staying in the cities will be regarded as sabotage groups and will be liquidated without warning. The missile and artillery strikes on the territory of the republic will be carried out exactly at 7 p.m.” the text messages received by the residents of Transnistria say.

The Defense Intelligence Directorate additionally states that the messages with this content are widely covered by russian propaganda information resources.“We declare: the state of Ukraine has no relation to this and similar provocations. This kind of fakes and incidents which would probably take place on the territory of Transnistria is nothing else but another provocation of the russian special services against Ukraine and Moldova,” the national defense intelligence service stressed.Earlier, the advisor of the Head of the President of Ukraine Mykhailo Podolyak said that Moldova was the next target for the russian occupants. According to the statement of the russian “authorities”, the “traces terroristic attacks,” which happened yesterday and today in this region, go to Ukraine. Tonight, two communication towers were destroyed in Transnistria. On 25 April, the separatist region made a statement about the shelling of a building of their “ministry of state security”.

Tags: russia, russian invasion, Dniester region, Main Intelligence Directorate