well if you do, but i thing moldova and it has been l so loaded by another number above moldova has provided a lot of efforts and it also said, reiterated it's fam attachment to the european union in the words of her natalia gave really tell her to be part of what she called to free. well, just to or, you know, those are the words of you as president joe biden. as she also said that mil dover believed in the development based on democratic institutions on the rule of law. and she stated once again that moldova was ready to do his homework. and if we look at moldova where it is placed on a mark, of course it is next to award on country that is a today's ukraine, but it's also a door to europe as it is a neighbor of a romania. so it has a very strategic position which has to be considered by the european union. it is making every effort it can to join to you and also being sandwich between romania and ukraine to some said. and we've discussed this earlier with our correspond christine manuel, who was actually a mold over at the moment i asked her whether moldova jones would be, are worried abo

moldova need most urgently right now. got it. the basic sir? food. ah, feminine hygiene products for for the women are diapers for the children in a lot of cases. clothing because most ukrainians fled only with the clothes on their backs. and so there is a collection of clothing that's been happening among modot, vince sharing from the little that they have a in addition to the support the ukrainians need. it's also the mold ovens we've taken them in because of the 100000 refugees that remain in the country right now. 95 percent of them are being housed are in the homes of moldova. this is something that i heard from the authorities that the mold organs have been outpouring in their show of support for ukrainians, opening their own doors, insisting to to house them as opposed to having them stay in the official and centers that have been set up by the government, so these households are often themselves, am in need as prices are going up here, there is inflation in this country as well. many people reporting that income isn't covering or the basics,

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moldova to the european union. and there is collusion with the central government of moldova and now it is seen as an extension of the russian federation. it applies the same laws of the russian federation and it has activated and astronomical debt for activated and astronomical debt for a gas that it is using what is never paid. a gas that it is using what is never aid. ., . ., . a gas that it is using what is never aid. ., . ., a gas that it is using what is never aid. ., . . ., paid. how concerned are you from the comments from _ paid. how concerned are you from the comments from the _ paid. how concerned are you from the comments from the russian _ paid. how concerned are you from the comments from the russian general l paid. how concerned are you from the comments from the russian general i | comments from the russian general i quoted, saying that if russia can get control of southern ukraine then it would move towards transnistria, where, he claimed, russian speakers were being oppressed? the where, he claime

and thank you very much for having launched the sort of dirty platform for moldova. we're meeting in the 6th week of a criminal warf aggression in the europe. it's week number 6 of death and destruction in our immediate neighborhood. we see a 1000000 years of caper losing their home, their friends, their family, and we're meeting here 6 weeks after what had to been unimaginable had become a reality. and now and that is what russia ones no money. it's turning into a horrible anya tortures reality. we must not accepted these inhumane and images from which i admire your point from so many other, nor my locations in cities and towns become normality. as i hear the ad was, were, will day and we have separation to meet the fight against one wall crime. it's becoming norma's did so normally we're countering the idea becoming normality, which is meant to justify this. jeff father risen the allegation that russia has any claim based on the history cable does to hi, agnes negate nations in the neighbourhood, the right to their own self determined life to their existence of the

it's offensive in the don bass re chip, and explosions, destroy radio towers in a break away region of moldova, backed by russia. fueling fears that the conflict and ukraine could spill over and to ukrainian. refugees forced to flee the war, find peace in germany after a foot to ball club paves the weight. ah. hello monica jones. welcome to the program. rochester state control energy company gas prom sir cities. suspending gas deliveries to both poland and bulgaria. neither of the 2 nations have complied with a demand from the kremlin to start paying for deliveries in roubles. most nations, including germany, have said that they will not pay in the russian currency, even though several are heavily reliant on russian gas, european commission, president ursula on the line twitter that halting supplies was an attempt at blackmail. opponent's prime minister says the country is ready to diversify its gas supplies. earlier we spoke to journalist young palo kat in war. so and asked him what he made of that assessment. well, they have for good reasons to say. so 1st is reserves which are according to

and they have done the same moldova. so if they were to sort of, you know, further occupy parts of moldova, that would put russian troops, like, right on the edge of europe way more than they are right now. and romania and hungary and all these other countries would then be facing like a wall of russian military, much closer than they had been but that's -- that's still a long shot right now but just the fact it was being discussed openly by a high-ranking commander is what triggered all this -- all these fears and concerns. >> yeah. yeah. i was actually in crimea during the russian' invasion there in 2014, when the little red -- little green men came in. even back then, we talked that putin would probably want a land corridor from donbas to crimea. in -- in -- in -- in a strategic sense, why is that important to him? i mean, if he went around to moldova, i mean, that would make ukraine landlocked. >> exactly. i mean, crimea -- nobody's contesting the russian' dominance of crimea right now. there is lots of troops there.

now the government of moldova says that it wants to join the european union. if that happened to either the country, if this conflict within the country are continues that even worsens back. how would that make things more difficult on the ground to also with his ambition to join the you? well of course, if there is an unresolved conflict, the likelihood of moldova becoming a new member is very small. nevertheless, we've seen in the past how long such a process of becoming a member can take a look at the countries of the west americans. and i'm sure that there will be a long negotiation process driven freshly unfortunately by the u member states. so it's nothing that would have to be immediately hindering moldova, joining the european union as there is no possibility to do so. nevertheless, of course, yes, when we think in longer terms, then this could certainly a continuation. and even my escalation over conflict could hinder a further approximation answer. i think this is why it's necessary to finally come to terms and understand that it's not only ukraine w

>> there's been a great support from moldova. i want to highlight the -- how welcomed they have been by the moldovan government and people. but you see is an outpouring of the international community. this is in support of moldova's efforts to support humanitarian needs. we have seen the administrator of the usa to hand over power in moldova twice. they have provided over 100 million dollars in immediate assistance to moldova to address the humanitarian needs. there is a lot of support that is pouring in. more is needed. let's not forget that this is the poorest country and europe. it is facing an energy crisis and an economic crisis right now. much more needs to be done. i want to point out how heroic moldovans have been in support of ukraine. i think that you could see this in terms of the support that you are receiving right now in the united states and in europe. >> in the baltic states, a poll, and that these are all countries that take their nato membership seriously, particular in light of what is going on right now. moldo

the rush has been coarsely threatening moldova for some time . they been hinting, for example, of the mold opens, don't have the money to be able to pay back at the funds for russian gas and also. busy moldova, as a neutral country, is that heavily in the crossfire russia's occupied resist, rate of act over more than 2 decades, is lobbying for its independence, is claiming that russians are discriminated against as exactly the same playbook as they used in don bass before. invading. so i think we should be very concerned about moldova security. as you put a russia has, in fact, been hinting for quite some time now. but why would russian military leadership essentially give advance warning about their potential aims even beyond ukraine while they're in the middle of this conflict that the whole world is watering is actually quite a bit baffling because the russians have always tried disguised the imperial character, their mission under phrases like liberation or dance, vacation or demilitarization. so this level of transparency about it and the fa

so i think we should be very concerned about moldova security. as you put a russia has, in fact, been hinting for quite some time now. but why would russian military leadership essentially give advance warning about their potential aims even beyond ukraine while they're in the middle of this conflict that the whole world is watering is actually quite a bit baffling because the russians have always tried disguise the imperial character, their mission, under phrases like liberation or dance, vacation or demilitarization. so this level of transparency about it and the fact that russian m. p. 's over the past 24 hours of followed by saying that they want to include all of south in ukraine into a combined federal district with crimea is quite striking and interesting. also the ukrainians have been warning the moldova authorities for a period of time that tourist ball, which is the cath enterprises. j could be used as an aerial bass for attacks on solving ukraine or odessa them. aldo is brushed off those warnings in the past, but now by assembling the

now the government of moldova says that it wants to join the european union. if that happened to either the country, if this conflict within the country are continues that even worsens back. how would that make things more difficult on the ground to also with his ambition to join the you? well of course, if there is an unresolved conflict, the likelihood of moldova becoming a new member, it's very small. nevertheless, we've seen in the past how long such a process of becoming a member can take a look at the countries of the western markins. and i'm sure that there will be a long negotiation process driven freshly unfortunately by that you member states. so it's nothing that would have to be immediately hindering moldova, joining the european union as there is no possibility to do so. nevertheless, of course, yes, when we think in longer terms, and then this could certainly a continuation. and even my escalation over conflict could hinder a further approximation answer. i think this is why it's necessary to finally come to terms and understand that it's not onl

moldova, georgia, ukraine. and so again, there is a very real possibility here that the russians would like to see moldova somewhat destabilised, would like to see conflict on its territory but again, the timing is suspicious. the russians do already have their hands full with other things so i'm not sure how much we can really read into this incident right now. a ukrainian marine commander inside the azovstal steel works in the besieged port city of mariupol has made another impassioned appeal for rescue. serhiy volina says about 600 soldiers who've been resisting russian attack are badly injured. he said many civilians are trapped with them. translation: in our group, - there are more than 600 wounded people, with different levels of severity. they badly need medical help. here, there are no conditions, no medicine, no personnel who could help them. we have wounded civilians and we help them as much as we can. we have civilians here with us too. there are hundreds here, dozens of children, many people with di

nimbly, moldova authorities have raised the country's terror alert to its highest level. there worried the war in ukraine could spill across the border into trans niece to her and then to the rest of the country. rushing back separatists in trance ne stir now also claimed that shots have been fired into its territory from ukraine. earlier i spoke to yuri, soc, he's an advisor to the green defense minister and i asked him what he knows about the recent incident in moldova. now our authorities and military command are in charge of services. i've already made an official statement saying that these are provocations. and of course, this has nothing to do with ukrainian armed forces. this is not part of ukraine's interest ukraine fighting a war for his own land, for his space, for the peace in europe and the future of freedom in europe. so we are not surprised that the russians have done these publications. of course, it has to be started and verified, but at the moment what we can confirmed with certainty that, of course ukraine has nothing to do with these incidents in the n

or plan to fly out 12000 ukrainian refugees from moldova to other countries. and there's another big challenge: securing alternative energy sources. we are the only country in europe, the gas imports of which are a 100 percent dependent on one source. and that is gastro. poland used the conference to call for an immediate import, been on gas and oil from russia. that was also a barb aimed at germany. good andrea, the rebel up there. are we discussing whether a german customer, little or a customer from another country will pay $0.30 or $0.50 more at the gas station? is that really so much in order to stop the suffering and ukraine? so stop him. and francis foreign minister said he would talk with his german colleague about even more sanctions against russia. since rush as invasion of ukraine, more than half of the country, 7 and a half 1000000 children have been displaced, while some have fled with their families. others have been separated from their families or sent away on their own in the hope they will reach safety. their future is being discussed, the e

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now only in moldova, they try to help ukrainians however they can. this eu border assistance mission, moldova recently requested emergency membership of the european union, a move he welcomes. >> i felt it was natural to support a country that wants to be part of this family in the future, once to support as much as you can during this terrible time. >> support will expand as the eu's border post expands. making this the eu's own new de facto border and freeing moldova and forces to patrol further afield, but they cannot room entirely free, for within moldova's internationally recognized borders is a separatist region sealed off by a river and supported by russia. as we traveled close, while still very much on moldova in soil, we encountered russians manning military check once and self identifying as peacekeepers. we are right in the middle of moldovan farmland, but a few hundred yards that way, russian soldiers ask for our passports, and this checkpoint could go a little further this way, and you end up in a separatist territory. for years, that ha

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what's it relationship like with moldova, also with russia? well, the pro ration separate this entrance, these area split from the republic of mando at the beginning of the ninety's after a brief war. and in this war they were also supported by russia. the situation is still very complicated. 30 years after this war. so russian troops are still permanently stationed in front. nice drea and the separatist government of france, these 2 are the so called government does not recognize the government thing he she know them although when government so what does this mean for moldova seemingly precarious position between russia and the west? the situation is very complicated. one model about on the one hand, amandola is neutral. so it's a state of neutrality is even underlined its constitution. it has on the one hand condemned of the attack on ukraine, but it does not adopted any sanctions against russia. but of course, this state of neutrality does not mean that the country cannot become the next victim of russian aggression. so many people, our cor

incursion into moldova? >> reporter: yeah we did get a real sense of concern, anderson, spoke with a former u.s. marine, he seems very concerned about russia invading here, also spoke with a volunteer organization working with refugees already making contingency plans to get their people out if they need to and of course we heard from the president of moldova earlier this week saying she thinks the unexplained attacks in transnistria are just an attempt by russia to escalate what's, the tension in this on going war. she also said she condemns any attempt to involve moldova in actions that could threaten peace here and it's important to note moldova is not a member of nato or the european union, considers itself neutral but may not be enough for vladimir putin, anderson. >> appreciate t now perspective from lieutenant army general and cnn military analyst mark hertling, senior u.s. defense officials said today that russian forces are making some incremental uneven slow advances to the southeast and south west

we are right in e middle of moldova farmland. but a few 100 yards that way, russian soldiers asked for our passports. and this checkpoint, well, it's staffed by moldovans, but go a little further this way, and you end up in the separatist territory of transnistria. and, for years, that's been home to more than 1000 russian troops. after the soviet union collapsed, a brief, but brutal conflict left moldova divided. the kremlin backed russian speakers who declared an independent state that remains unrecognized elsewhere. ian: they support them financially, economically, socially, military including, and politically, diplomatically, on all levels. willem: ion manole has spent yes researching the separatist territory, and he's concerned russia's prence represents a real and present danger to moldova. ian: the problem is that they have control on the transnistria territory. and in this territory, we have so-called transnistrian army. so all this military structure is under the control of russia. willem: do you think moldovans can trus

was the russians had been warning that they could cut off gas to moldova with his, moldova does not have the funds to be able to pay for it. there was a major gas dispute that unfolded over the course of the fall. also, there were 1000 troops and transistors that held a drill right before the invasion of ukraine. and ukraine is repeatedly warned. the transistor has major city curos fall, could be a staging ground for aerial operations in solving ukraine. almost always walking over a fine line here. it's also unusual. countries are part of nato, right. and it's vowed to keep that to appease russia. also, it has pro russian elements like former president, very eager to don't to one closer economic interaction with russia. so at when dad the united states is tell him aldo, which divest death from russia is on as easy as it looks because his elements, who believe that engaging with russia, is the best way to predict moldova security. but there's been some small movements right. busy mother has been removed from the russian power, read much like ukraine and move towards european paragrap

moldova, georgia, ukraine. again, there is a very real possibility here that they would like to see moldova somewhat destabilised, would like to see conflict on its territory but again, the timing is suspicious. the russians do already have their hands full with other things so i'm not sure how much we can really read into this incident right now. we will leave it there, thank you very much. a ukrainian marine commander inside the azovstal steel works in the besieged port city of mariupol, has made another impassioned appeal for rescue. sergey volina says about 600 soldiers who've been resisting russian attack are badly injured. he said many civilians are trapped with them. translation: in our group, - there are more than 600 wounded people, with different levels of severity. they badly need medical help. here, there are no conditions, no medicine, no personnel who could help them. we have wounded civilians and we help them as much as we can. we have civilians here with us too. there are hundreds here, dozens o

we still have people coming into moldova from ukraine. some that have lived through the war, and have experienced horrific violence as well that need immediate assistance. so that strand and that pillar of our work is there. but in parallel, as you mentioned, we do need to consider longer-term needs, as well. and also, i would say the -- the other -- the other aspect to that is that we have to be prepared. many -- many ukrainian refugees here hope that they can return to ukraine soon and we must hope for the best but we must prepare for the worst, as well. and we may see further inflows of refugees here, so that preparedness that we are able to scale up our relief efforts in a situation or a scenario where that happens, we must be ready as well and that's what catholic re relief services is also focusing on but we do need to consider longer-term needs now. we do need to consider access to education for children. longer-term accommodation support for our ukrainian refugees that, you know, builds off all that good will that we referenced at

what made you decide to come to moldova? >> you know, i have been watching the news reports of refugees crossing borders into poland and as i look at the map, moldova is the smallest country, it's the poorest country, and per capita, it's taking the most refugees, so i felt it was important to come here to thank them. >> nearly 400,000 refugees have crossed moldova's border with ukraine since the war began and 120,000 of those remain in the country of only about 2.5 million people. each one of them with a story, a history, a life abruptly uprooted and left behind. >> what message do you want me to carry out? >> she and her mother left her home in mykolaiv a month ago leaving behind her grandmother and boyfriend. >> it's been almost a month since you left. what's it been like for you? >> it's been so challenging because first, like my first emotions, i didn't really have them because everything was so fast and quickly, i couldn't really understand myself, but then i thought maybe i shouldn't have left, shouldn't have left. >>

to radio towers used to broadcast russian news, now scrap metal, the blast site, and moldova is just 5 kilometers from the ukranian border. so far, no one has claimed responsibility on that. he's eleanor's threat, blocked us. the our analysis shows their attentions between various forces who are interested and destabilizing this region. that means i don't see glasses yet received lights in compare axa. this is a complex and tense situation. but we will arrange vigilant, and we'll take all necessary measures to prevent escalation, to strengthen our security and to protect our citizens sitting there with we must remain calm and stay informed using verified sources and avoid distributing false information with you know, the explosion of the radio towers was the 2nd unclaimed attack this week in the moldova separatist region of trans, neater. the 1st was on the state security ministry, inter rosabelle. tensions in the region have been high since russia invaded ukraine . moscow has suggested it wants to create a land corridor, a long southern ukraine between trans mr and the russian contr

the blast site in moldova is just 5 kilometers from the ukranian border. so far, no one has claimed responsibility. i my dilemma fred law. just the are analysis shows their attentions between various forces who are interested and destabilizing this region. this. that means that out c glycol. yoshi black in complex. so this is a complex and tens situation. but we will arrange vigilant, and we'll take all necessary measures to prevent escalation, to strengthen our security and to protect our citizens sitting there with we must remain calm and able to stay informed using verified sources and avoid distributing false information with you know, the explosion of the radio towers was the 2nd unclaimed attack this week, in the moldova separatist region of trans nestea. the 1st was on the state security ministry, and heroes, full tensions in the region have been high since russia invaded ukraine. moscow has suggested it wants to create a land corridor along southern ukraine between trans mystery and russian controlled territories in eastern ukraine. it's believed r

moldova is one of the poorest countries in europe. per capita income is something like $6,000, very low compared to other european countries. but they did have all these plans. i visited a winery. moldova makes lots of wine and some pretty good wine. this winery had all these plans to expand, build a resort, build a spa. businesses across the country were really gearing up to join the world. and this crisis in ukraine, this war, has just ground all their plans to a halt. >> let's go back and touch again on something you raised earlier. and speak a little bit more about how putin's broader design to reconstitute a greater russia, an empire, plays into this mow ldovan strategy. >> it's like this dream this vision, this ideology that these countries should be together, and they were together for 60, 70, 80 years. moldova has a very interesting identity. half the country speaks russian. the other half speaks romanian. those two languages are totally different, totally different orientation. one part of the country is looking west, one par

the blast site in moldova is just 5 kilometers from the ukranian border. so far, no one has claimed responsibility. and that is elaina. chris blanch as the our analysis shows their attentions between various forces who are interested and destabilizing this region. it best buy booze out out seek litle. you see black dear on nixa. this is a complex and tense situation, but we will arrange vigilant, and we'll take all necessary measures to prevent escalation, to strengthen our security and to protect our citizens sitting there with we must remain calm any stay informed, using verified sources and avoid distributing false information with you know, the explosion of the radio towers was the 2nd unclaimed attack this week in the mold oven, separatist region of trans nestor. the 1st was on the state security ministry, inter rosabelle tensions in the region have been high since russia invaded ukraine . moscow has suggested it wants to create a land corridor, a long southern ukraine between trans nestor and the russian controlled territories and eastern ukraine. it

what made you decide to come to moldova? >> you know, i have been watching the news reports of refugees crossing borders into poland and as i looked at the map, moldova is the smallest country. it's the poorest country. and per capita it's taking the most refugees. so, i felt it was important to come here to thank them. >> nearly 400,000 refugees have crossed moldova's border with ukraine since the war began and 120,000 of those remain in the country of only about 2.5 million people. each one of them with a story, a history, a life abruptly uprooted and left behind. >> what messages you want me to carry back to -- >> reporter: like this 19-year-old. she and her mother left their home in mick lie yaef nearly one month ago. leaving behind boyfriend and grandmother. >> it's been a month, what's it been like for you? >> it's been so challenging because my first emotions i didn't really have them because everything was so fast and quickly i couldn't really understand myself. but then i thought that maybe i shouldn't have left. sh

ah, moldova is one of the poorest countries in europe. here 2 people show great willingness to help and taken refugees from neighboring ukraine. it's humble homes like these in this village in all hay whose doors have opened to ukrainians, fleeing the war in their country. this is maryanne, his house. 10 people live here now, sharing the little her family has fill out anything. i earn a small salary, electricity is more expensive. groceries are more expensive. we can't afford everything we need. despite that, she's taken in 2 families from ukraine, including her sister in law, oksana, husky. me sca fled her home in odessa in february. she's here with her daughters latter, who wanted to show us that she can do the splits up. goes letter. oh, i miss our home, my husband, the 30th the most. when i built our house with our suburbans, they only thing we have left is our home, put it on. no clue. from lab people, it was in a blue sky, was moved by the plant of ukrainian refugees and decided she had to help. she's using her hand making factory t

nimbly, moldova authorities have raised the country's terror alert to its highest level. there worried the war and ukraine could spill across the border into trans nice her, and then to the rest of the country. the head of the u. n's, nuclear watchdog, has visited chernobyl on the 36th anniversary of the nuclear disaster. them i. e, a chief raphael, marianna grossey, said rushes, reasons, occupation have been very dangerous. he said. radiation levels went up during the takeover, but an all back to pre invasion levels did abuse. mateus billing reports the world's most dangerous route, sealed under giant concrete hood, the chin nobody's hasta site is once again the focus of attention. now that russian occupation troops have withdrawn the head of the international atomic energy authority can assess its condition. the 1st ready must go to the or breaker to these people here because they carried on their work. in spite of all the difficulties, despite of the stress, in spite of the fact that they could not be working normally, they continue working as if nothing had happened.

the 1st responders for the support was definitely the governmental republic of moldova. at the same time, i saw a b, a poor from the population, civilian population without international support. we cannot face entire that there . if we're g z a to support them, that support is now slowly coming in. and it will go a long way in helping the ukrainian refugees and the mold irvin's who helped them. and we can now go to our correspondence commonly in kia who was in the town of butcher yesterday where they evidence of atrocities against civilians were discovered. nick, tell us what did you see and whichever which is a city that basic has been destroyed before it could even be completed. the city full of new build apartments for young families on the edge of care. and we basically stuck here in downtown kia for the last few weeks hearing the artillery fire hearing the missiles, hearing the devastation from afar. but we could still hear where we are here, but we couldn't get there. so it was under russian control to fighting. now, finally would be able to get in and take a look

ah, moldova is one of the poorest countries in europe. here 2 people show great willingness to help and taken refugees from neighboring ukraine. it's humble homes like these in this village in all, hey, who's doors have opened to ukrainians, fleeing the war in their country? this is maryanne, his house. 10 people live here now, sharing the little her family has fill out anything. i earn a small salary, electricity is more expensive. groceries are more expensive. we can't afford everything we need. despite that, she's taken in 2 families from ukraine, including her sister in law, oksana, husky, nice. guy fled her home in odessa in february. she's here with her daughters latter, who wanted to show us that she can do this split 2nd goes latter. oh, okay. well, i miss our home, my husband was there a living room and i built our house with our hands, wasn't it broken? the only thing we have left is our home. i thought i thought no clue thought that we received from lab people in the blue sky was moved by the planks of ukrainian refugees and de

she did stress that any destabilization there could be dangerous for moldova and that moldova would be upping its security on the border between moldova proper and the republic which is -- there are russian forces there and have been since 1992. >> it's time for the business news with kate moody. thanks for being on set with us. as russia is halting shipment of natural gas to bulgaria starting on wednesday, how significant is this? kate: for now officials in both poland and bulgaria say there's no shortage for households and businesses. poland's climate minister tweeting that national gas reserves were 76% full at the moment and the countries are also seeking alternative sources of gas. the move could have bigger implications for that you as a whole and more e.u. countries could find themselves cut off. russia had threatened to stop supplies if it wasn't paid in rubles instead of euros. e.u. members have refused to do so, saying gazprom is in breach of its contracts. russia's invasion of ukraine has fanned inflation around the world. new projections from the world bank suggests that en

that russia plans to expand its war across europe. president val autumn, is lensky says neighboring. moldova is in moscow sites. after senior russian commander hinted and extending, controlled right across. so then ukraine. as russia discusses, taking more territory, there are growing questions about its military capability. he w visits the scene of destruction were retreating. russian forces suffered a defeat. and the final countdown to francis presidential election on sunday incumbent manuel nicole and his challenger, marine le pen have made their final pitch to voters. but many are unhappy with both candidates. ah, a warm welcome to our viewers around the world. a michael oak who ukraine has warned that russia plans to attack more countries and expand its war. president val autumn is zalinski said, ukraine's neighbouring moldova should be concerned about russia's latest military strategy. moldova is home to trans history up, which is a break away pro russian region which borders ukraine. russia is in control of ukraine, southeast region, seen here in blue. now the deputy commander of russ

for example, in the republic of moldova, it used to belong to the soviet union, and moscow still has a foothold there. moldova which lies between romania and ukraine, also has a pro russian separatist region. trans iniesta, a narrow strip on the border with ukraine, trans, nice to does not have international record mission. there has been several attacks in the area in recent days. russia says it wants to avoid having to intervene in moldova alarm bells ringing that concerned russia could be setting it sites on trans, anita whether the kremlin has plans beyond ukraine remains unclear what is certain, is that more and more states looking towards europe like ukraine and ga, moldova has now applied the e u membership and for more on the military situation in ukraine, let me bring in your e sac. he is an advisor to the ukrainian defense minister. welcome mister sack at, let's begin talking about claims that have emerged to de rushing back separatist entrance. mystery and more dove are claiming that shots have been fired into its territory from ukraine. what do you know about these incide

me backer is live for us in moldova capital key . she now hello their name. tell us more about these attacks and the significance of them while they are gardening significance in that it as an area of frozen tensions for many, many years now. but in the space of a few days, as you mentioned that have been this string of attacks is raised in a tremendous amount of alarm here, moldova proper, in ukraine. and also we've heard from the russian government as well as you mentioned there, the security building in trans nice. there was apparently targeted thought to have been by an r p g on on monday, on to say to soviet irradiate mos in the north of trans nisa. were destroyed, is believe these must provide russian radio to the region. and on wednesday, these cross border attacks, according to the translation media shots fired into a village, where there is a sizable russian that have munition data reports also of ukrainian drones flying into the region as well. again, according to trans, nice to media, we cannot independently verify that at the moment the raw of cou

and one of ukraine's and neighbors, moldova is one of the poorest countries in europe. but it has taken in hundreds of thousands of ukrainians fleeing the war of his prime minister was at a donor conference in berlin, calling for more international support to help with the new arrivals. germany, france and romania along with other donor countries, agree to almost 660000000 euros in 84 in the country. the conference is to be the beginning of long term support for moldova with 40 nations taking part. germany has pledged an immediate loan of 50000000 euros and says more than 659000000 euros have been promised in loan's budget support and other financial assistance. if i'll finish no, i like we don't need to just take a deep breath. we need a long collective breath. that's because we know that in the end it's not just about moldova, it's not just about ukraine. it's about europe and about our collective freedom, summer, high height. it's also not just about money. moldova is supposed to get help managing its borders, and more flights or plan to fly out 12000 ukrainian, refu

after images of an apparent civilian massacre shocks the world, clot help for moldova, one of europe's poorest countries is struggling to host large numbers of ukrainians between war western countries pledge, hundreds of millions of euro's and 8, and more than half of ukraine's children displaced by war millions have been forced to flee. some have lost not just their homes, but their families as well. ah, am abby cor abbas and welcome to the program? ukrainian president vladimir zalinski has called for urgent action from the united nations over alleged russian war crimes. he addressed a meeting of the un security council after evidence emerged of what appeared to be a deliberate mass killing of civilians by russian troops in the city of boucher outside the ukrainian capital. only a day after returning from butcher ukrainian president to lensky, addressed the killings in front of the u. n. boy e. so the russian military search for him purposely killed any one who served our country. they shot and killed women outside their houses when they just tried to call some one who was alive. they

we turn to ukraine's neighbor to the southwest, moldova. this week, the breakaway territory in moldova was hit with a series of unexplained explosions. russia blames ukraine, and the ukrainian government claims this is a moscow driven false flag operation. for decades, this region has been home to thousands of russian forces leaving the 500,000 people who live in the breakaway territory in limbo, locked in a soviet era land dispute. let's bring in randi kaye who went to the contested area today. what did you see, and explain why this territory is so significant. >> well, jake, we wanted to see how close we could get to trance this nia. it's about a 40-minute drive. we wanted to see just how to get there, and this is that breakaway republic, as you mentioned, it sits on the border between moldova and ukraine, and that shared border is about 250 miles long. trancenistria is about the size of rhode island. we were able to reach one of the bridges and this is this bridge that leads to dubasari. we saw there were armed russian troops. there was

the 1st responders, for the support was the finitely, the governmental republic of moldova. at the same time, i saw a b, a port from the population civilian population, without the international support, we cannot face entire, they're there if we're geez or to support them. that support is now slowly coming in. and it will go a long way in helping the ukrainian refugees and the mold ovens, who helped them in remarks after the donor conference in berlin, germany's foreign minister on alina barrow bark had some sharp words for the kremlin, while the mold oven. prime minister natalia gravel eda condemned russia's invasion of ukraine as quote unjustifiable. these are confidence hoyt at this conference. also sense a very clear message. a country is not just a territory, therefore the taking he man is no one is rush us back yard. you meant is that a fed and no one is condemned to live in eternal bondage, just because the russian gather land units, nationalist delusion him one said that way, bonds over after the 24th of february, the political and economic landscape in the entire w

but it sits between moldova and ukraine. russia maintained a military presence there since the early 1990s. last week a top russian general said russia intended to establish, quote, full control over southern ukraine adding that control there would give russian forces access to transnistria. u.s. is praising ukraine's efforts to resist russia's aggression, saying the west is doing what it can to help ukraine win. >> they have certainly defeated mr. putin's strategic objectives thus far. he did not take kyiv or chernihiv. they had some limited progress in the south and there is active fight going on in the east in the donbas region. it is hard to look at this fight and preclude that russia has won, that mr. putin achieved his objectives. he has not. the ukrainians have beaten him back at almost every turn. what we're trying to do here today in germany is to make sure the turns to come that ukraine can to inbbeat them back. >> joining us to discuss, major general paul eaton, former general of coalition military assistance trai

ah, hello, i am em liang when this is al jazeera alive from doha, also coming up, moldova is government becomes increasingly worried about being drawn into ukraine's wall. israel says it's arrested suspects after the killing of an israeli security guard in the occupied west bank. and the premier of the bush virgin islands is arrested in the us on drug trafficking charges, prompting further concerns about corruption who's france is increasing its military and humanitarian aid to ukraine. president manuel mccord made the promise during the phone call with the ukrainian later bologna zalinski has accused russia of trying to wipe out all life in the eastern dumbass region. as moscow intensifies its campaign, russia says western sanctions on its economy and shipments to ukraine are hurting paste negotiations. charles stratford sent this update on the fighting in east to new claim. worrying signs from mary opal for the mere fact doesn't seem to be any indication of any breakthrough in trying to organize some sort of humanitarian cordele full. the estimated a 1000 civilians trapped under that

ah, moldova is one of the poorest countries in europe. here 2 people show great willingness to help and taken refugees from neighboring ukraine. it's humble homes like these in this village in all, hey, who's doors have opened to ukrainians, fleeing the war in their country? this is maryanne, his house. 10 people live here now, sharing the little her family has fall out infant. i earn a small salary, electricity is more expensive. groceries are more expensive. we can't afford everything we need. despite that, she's taken in 2 families from ukraine, including her sister in law, oksana, husky, nice. guy fled her home in odessa in february. she's here with her daughters, latter, who wanted to show us that she can do the splits. goes letter. wow . i miss our home, my husband, the 30th the most. when i built our house with our suburban, they only thing we have left is our home, put it on no credit that we received from people in un griddisca was moved by the place of ukrainian refugees. and decided she had to help. she's using her honey making

should be concerned about russia's latest military strategy. moldova is home to trans mistrial. a breakaway pro russian region, which borders ukraine. russia is in control of ukraine's south east regions. the scene here in blue, a top russian commander says moscow's forces. want to push west straight across southern ukraine. ha, keep on fire. a hospital in the dawn bass. even in the countryside. no, escape from the bombs in eastern ukraine. now the deputy commander of russia's central military district says its forces want to push westwards towards moldova. on friday he told state media control over the south of ukraine is another way to trans in history. where there is also evidence that the russian speaking population is being oppressed. the president followed him as a lance he focused on the commander's comments and his nightly address. as quite sure, this only confirms what i've said many times the russian invasion of ukraine was just the beginning, then they wants to capture other countries dialing. let me quote, hope with the secrete. the russian onslaught is relentless, b

one of the ukraine's neighbors, moldova is one of the poorest countries in europe. but it has taken in hundreds of thousands of ukrainians fleeing the war. although as prime minister was at a donor conference right here in berlin, calling for more international support to deal with the new arrivals. germany, france and romania along with other donor countries, agreed almost 660000000 euros in aid for the country. the conference is to be the beginning of long term support for moldova with 40 nations taking part. germany has pledged an immediate loan of 50000000 euros and says more than 659000000 euros have been promised in launched budget support and other financial assistance. if often if no, i lang, we don't need to just take a deep breath. we need a long collective breath. that's because we know that in the end it's not just about moldova, it's not just about ukraine. it's about europe and about our collective freedom, summer freiheit. it's also not just about money. moldova is supposed to get help managing its borders, and more flights or plan to fly out 12000 uk

said, russia plans to expand its war across europe. president val autumn, is lensky says neighboring. moldova is in moscow sites. after senior and russian commander hinted at extending control right across southern ukraine. as russia discusses taking more territory, there are growing questions about its military capability. visits the scene of destruction were retreating. russian forces suffered a defeat. and the final countdown to frances presidential election on sunday incumbent manuel mccall and his challenger, marine le pen, have made their final pitch to voters for many or unhappy with vote candid ah a michael. ok. it's nice to have you with us. ukraine has warned that russia plans to attack more countries and expand its war. president vladimir zalinski said, ukraine's neighbour. moldova should be concerned about russia's latest military strategy. moldova is home to trans history up, which is a break away pro russian region which borders ukraine. russia is in control of ukraine, southeast region, seen here in blue. now the deputy commander of russia's so military district says it's force

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