Alleged Drone Attack Fuels Tension Between Pro-West Moldova, Russia-Run Enclave

A view of toppled Pridnestrovian radio center antennas, also known as "Grigoriopol transmitters,” following the blasts, near Maiac, Grigoriopol, in Moldova's self-proclaimed separatist Transdniestria region, in this handout photo released on April 26, 2022. Transdniestria Interior Ministry/Handout via Reuters

Tensions have mounted between Moldova’s pro-Western government and the Russian-administered enclave of Transdniestria following an alleged drone attack in Tiraspol, Transdniestria’s regional capital.

Straddling the lower reaches of the Dniester River, Transdniestria has been administered by Moscow since the collapse of the Soviet Union in the early 1990s.