The Latest Breaking News from Maia Sandu

Moldova's president accused Russia on Monday of planning to use foreign saboteurs to bring down her tiny country's leadership, stop it joining the European Union and use it in the war against Ukraine.

Moldova’s President has outlined what she says is Moscow’s plans to overthrow Moldova’s government, and involves the use of external saboteurs that would ultimately “put our country at the disposal of Russia” and throw it off course to one day join the European Union

Natalia Gavrilita says no-one expected her government ‘would have to manage so many crises caused by Russian aggression in Ukraine’

Moldovan President Maia Sandu accepted the government's resignation on Friday and said she would hold consultations with parliamentary factions on nominating a new prime minister.

President says plan was very similar to one devised by Moscow to take over Ukraine

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy says he has discovered plans by Russian secret services to destroy Moldova

Moldova has asked allies to strengthen its air defence capabilities as war rages in neighbouring Ukraine, although what the country calls Russian efforts to destabilise it have so far failed, President Maia Sandu said on Thursday.

President Maia Sandu, elected in 2020 on a pro-European and anti-corruption platform, expressed hopes on Thursday that crisis-hit Moldova would join the European Union before 2030.

Russia on Saturday denounced a decision by neighbouring Moldova to temporarily ban six television channels as "political censorship".