Transnistria

Recent attacks in Transnistria have sparked concerns among Western officials that the breakaway region or Moldova could be pulled into the war against Ukraine.

Moldova said the attacks in Transnistria are an attempt to destabilize the region from pro-war forces within the territory.

The spate of explosions comes days after Russian Major General Rustam Minnekayev spoke of creating an "exit" to the breakaway Moldovan territory.

The Russian foreign ministry has responded to concerns the Kremlin had its sights on the breakaway republic.

Last week, a Russian commander said that the breakaway republic could be a focus for Moscow's war in Ukraine.

Russian commander Rustam Minnekaev referred to the breakaway Moldovan region of Transnistria, sparking a fierce debate.

The Ukrainian president used Easter imagery in his video address as he told Ukrainians "we believe in the victory of life over death."

"We are now at war with the whole world," said Russian Major General Rustam Minnekayev.

This is the fight within Europe that everyone appears to have forgotten about.

"I don't want my people to be used as cannon fodder for some geopolitical games and some battles," Moldovan President Igor Dodon said.

The U.S secretary of state said, "There is broad consensus among all the NATO members that there is no normalization of dialogue with Russia today."

The president told two geography-studying schoolboys that 'Russia's borders end nowhwere.'

The region has been a breakaway strip of land since 1990.

Moldova's eastern region of Transnistria is held by pro-Russia separatists.