Security services in the Moscow-backed breakaway Transdniestria region of Moldova said on Thursday they had thwarted a Ukrainian assassination attempt against the region's leader, Russian state news agencies reported.
Ukraine rejected the claims as a Russian "provocation", the latest in a series of allegations, claims and counterclaims as tensions rise in the territory, which is wedged along Ukraine's southwestern border with Moldova.
It was not immediately clear whether the Transdniestrian officials had provided evidence to support their claim.
