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22 of May, 16:33

The Russian military conducted anti-terrorism exercises in Transnistria
More than 100 Russian military in Transnistria held a training session, during which "destroyed" conventional armed terrorist accumulation, stated in the press service of the Western military district.
according to the legend, uncontrolled armed groups to seize weapons and ammunition was made by the artillery attack on warehouses housing settlements sausage under the protection of the Russian operational group, RIA " Novosti ".
"Close attention was paid to improving the coherence of soldiers in the battle on open terrain division of counter-terrorism, as well as small tactical groups (pairs and triples) ", - is informed in the report. May 20 in Transnistria were started teaching Russian snipers on actions in small tactical groups. May 14, Kochetkov said that the Russian Federation has established a mobile block-containers in Transnistria for duty peacekeepers. Transnistria, 60% of the inhabitants are Russians and Ukrainians sought to secede from Moldova even before the destruction of the USSR, fearing that the wave of nationalism Moldova will join Romania. In 1992, after the failed attempt of the authorities of Moldova the power to solve the problem, Transnistria was in fact beyond the control of the Chisinau area. In September last year the Minister of foreign Affairs of Moldova Natalia Gherman from the rostrum of the UN General Assembly said that the Russian Federation must withdraw its peacekeepers from Transnistria, and they will be replaced by an International civilian mission. However, Moscow considers attempts by Moldova and Ukraine of the extrusion from Transnistria Russian peacekeepers unfriendly shares, undermining the foundations of the peacekeeping operation. In April, commander of the Western military district of Russia, Colonel General Anatoly Sidorov said that the supply of the group of Russian forces in Transnistria was made difficult because of the actions of Chisinau to Tiraspol in connection with the situation in Ukraine.

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