24 Apr 2015 13:33

Ukraine events put strain on Transdniestria - Russian Defense Ministry

MOSCOW. April 24 (Interfax-AVN) - Continuing tensions in Ukraine have worsened the situation in Transdniestria, where the Moldovan authorities are effectively engaged in political and economic blackmail against Tiraspol, commander of Russia's Western Military District Col. Gen. Anatoly Sidorov has said.

"As a result, it has become impossible to carry out shipments by air or by rail. And the logistics services of the Russian group of forces in Transdniestria have been complicated," he told a military and historical conference in Moscow on Friday.