Destruction of radio tower in Moldova's Transnistria may trigger new phase in Ukraine war

A girl sits atop a Soviet era T-34 tank installed as a monument in Tiraspol, the capital of the breakaway region of Transnistria, a disputed territory unrecognized by the international community, in Moldova, Sunday, Oct. 31, 2021. AP - Dmitri Lovetsky

Ukraine has accused Russia of trying to create unrest in a Moscow-backed separatist region of ex-Soviet Moldova where recent blasts have raised fears of a spillover of the Ukraine war.

"Russia wants to destabilise the Transnistrian region and hints that Moldova should wait for 'guests'", Mykhaylo Podolyak, a Ukraine presidential aide wrote on Twitter.