Transdniestria extends 'yellow' terror threat alert

TIRASPOL. Sept 6 (Interfax) - Transdniestria has extended the elevated, "yellow" level of terrorist alert for another 15 days in accordance with a decree of its leader Vadim Krasnoselsky.

"The effect of the "yellow" level of terrorist alert in Transdniestria has been extended for another 15 days through September 21, 2022," the presidential press service of the unrecognized Transdniestrian Moldovan Republic said on Tuesday.

The decision is explained by the persistent "threat of a terrorist attack and the need to continue taking measures to prevent it."

From April 26 to May 25, Transdniestria was under a "red" terror alert. This was imposed after a grenade attack on the building of Transdniestria's State Security Ministry and explosions occurred at a radio center in the village of Maiac in the Grigoriopol district on April 25-26. No one was hurt.

Transdniestria was under a "yellow" terrorism threat alert from May 25 to June 8, which has been extended every 15 days.

At the same time, almost all of the red-level restrictions have remained in place, as thorough monitoring and guarding of all critical infrastructure in the region continues, checkpoints on the roads into and out of the region are still standing where thorough vehicle checks are carried out, forces are on high alert, and drone flights without the State Security Ministry's permission are banned.