Moldova holds security council meeting after explosions in pro-Russia Transnistria region

Tiraspol, Transnistria in Moldova
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Moldovan President Maia Sandu convened the country's security council Tuesday morning for a meeting on recent attacks in the breakaway republic of Transnistria, a strip of land the borders Ukraine, after explosions that damaged the Transnistria Ministry of State Security building on Monday and toppled two powerful Soviet-era radio towers on Tuesday.

The radio towers knocked down Tuesday are in the town of Maiac, about 7 miles from Ukraine's border. They were "the two most powerful AM transmitters in Europe," Bellingcat's Christo Grozev said, "and Russia was using them to cover Ukraine with Russian propaganda."

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Peter has worked as a news and culture writer and editor at The Week since the site's launch in 2008. He covers politics, world affairs, religion and cultural currents. His journalism career began as a copy editor at a financial newswire and has included editorial positions at The New York Times Magazine, Facts on File, and Oregon State University.