On Tuesday, the Transnistrian border guards opened fire on two citizens of Moldova near the border with Ukraine, said a source in law enforcement bodies of Ukraine.
the incident occurred on the border with the breakaway region of Transnistria opposite Razdelninskogo district of Odessa region, " Interfax-Ukraine ".
"as a result of shooting one inhabitant of Moldova received a severe health damage. We know that currently the Transnistrian border guards trying to shift the blame for what happened to the Ukrainian side, accusing the Ukrainian border guards that they opened fire, " said the source. The Committee of state security of Transnistria, however, said the shooting began Ukrainian border guards." determined that two citizens of Transnistria, returning home, tried to cross the border of Ukraine with Transnistria outside the pass. Ukrainian soldiers unidentified departmental affiliation, started shooting at them with firearms, because of this he received a serious wound citizen Slobozia, Chutieu ", - reported in the report on the Internet office of the Department. SC Transnistria initiated proceedings under the criminal code according to section 110 of the criminal code of the PMR " grievous bodily harm ". Remember, the Pridnestrovian Moldavian Republic (PMR), about 60% of its citizens are Russians and Ukrainians, sought to secede from Moldova even before the destruction of the USSR. The formation of a sovereign country Transnistria was declared on September 2, 1990 in the referenda, and gatherings of Residents in 1989-1990. Again, the world in Transnistria currently support 402 Russian soldiers, 492 Transnistrian, 355 Moldovan and 10 military observers from Ukraine. Service peacekeepers are fifteen stations and checkpoints that are placed on key parts of the safety zone. Russian peacekeepers were introduced in the area of the Transnistrian conflict in 1992.


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