The Latest Breaking News from Moldova

Ukraine decides to fight on in the ruined city of Bakhmut because the battle is pinning down Russia's best units, while speculation spreads over a possible Russian shortage of ammunition and missiles.

The White House says that U.S. intelligence officials have determined that people with ties to the Russian intelligence community are planning to stage protests in Moldova in hopes of toppling the Moldovan government

Tensions continue to mount between Russia and Moldova – a small country bordering on southwestern Ukraine that is seeking European Union membership. Moldova is also home to a breakaway region called Transnistria that has strong Russian ties, landing both places in the crosshairs of the war in Ukraine.

Wizz Air's decision, beginning March 14, comes a fortnight after Moldova's president publicly accused Russia of plotting to overthrow its government using violent actions disguised as anti-government protests

Wizz Air has announced that it will suspend flights to Moldova from March 14 due to "risk in the country's airspace" with rising tensions with Russia in the country

Thousands of anti-government protesters again took to the streets of Moldova’s capital to demand that the country’snew pro-Western governmentfully subsidize citizens’ winter energy bills and to “not to involve the country in war.”

The news follows an ‘elevated risk’ to the country’s airspace

Budget airline links decision to airspace risks from war in neighbouring Ukraine and tensions with Russia

Airline Wizz Air said on Monday it would suspend flights to the Moldovan capital Chisinau from March 14 due to concerns about the safety of its airspace, a decision Moldova's civil aviation authority described as sudden and regrettable.