WARSAW: Pro-Russia separatists in Moldova claimed on Friday that an explosive drone hit a military base, without causing injuries or major damage, three weeks after a similar incident.

“A kamikaze drone attacked a military base of the ministry of defence of the Transnistrian Moldovan Republic in the district of Rybnitsa, six kilometres from the Ukraine border,” the ministry for state security in the self-declared breakaway region said in a communique.

“The target was a radar station that suffered minor damage. A group of investigators is on site,” it added, without directly blaming Ukraine.

On March 17, Transnistria claimed that a drone fired from Ukraine hit a military base in its capital Tiraspol, accusations that Moldova denounced as an attempt to provoke panic.

Meanwhile, Ukraine had accused Russia of being behind the attack with the aim of destabilising Moldova.

Published in Dawn, April 6th, 2024