Sources consulted in Tiraspol and in Chisinau, the Moldovan capital ... provide support to Transnistria or access to that territory without first conquering the Ukrainian city of Odesa.

In the capital of Transnistria, a self-declared microstate ... On Tuesday, a family of four in the city of Bendery, including a 7-year-old child, fell ill due to fumes from a gas water heater.

Germany and the EU can celebrate an initial victory in their tussle with Russia for influence over the de facto republic of Transnistria, which seceded from the Republic of Moldova in the early 1990s.