Russia-Ukraine war: Moldova to provide aid to Ukraine, joins West in sanctioning Russia

As  Russia-Ukraine war entered its 64th day with Ukraine showing tough resilience against Russian forces and Vlimir Putin warning countries against interference in Moscow's actions in Kyiv or face a "lightning-fast" response from Kremlin, Moldova has decided to provide assistance to war-ravaged Ukraine and join western countries in imposing sanctions against Russia.

Russia-Ukraine war: Moldova to join EU sanctions on Russia, provide aid to Kyiv

According to a report published on jurnaltv.md, Moldova has announced that state will send qualified sappers to Ukraine to clear liberated settlements, as well as humanitarian packages to affected Ukrainians, will also be provided. announcement was me by President of Republic, Maia Sandu, in a comment on Jurnaltv.md.

She ded that Moldova will join economic sanctions against Russia imposed by EU countries. This comes after "mysterious" multiple explosions rocked Transnistria, an unrecognised breakaway state that is internationally recognised as a part of Moldova. 

As per BBC, separatist authorities have blamed Ukrainian soldiers for attack but Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy refuted it on Wednesday, arguing that it was launched by Russian attackers as y were vancing to Transnistria to use it as a military platform for furr operations against Ukraine.

Not long ago, Sandu h clarified her country's stand in ongoing war. On April 2, she announced that Moldovan government will maintain its neutral stance and will not join Western sanctions targeting Russia in connection with Ukraine conflict.

"re are certain things that we must provide for our citizens. She ded, reported TASS, "If we leave country without fuel and destabilise situation here, it won't be helpful to anyone," she said, ding that "neir Moldova, nor Ukraine, nor our Western partners" will benefit from a situation of this kind.

Earlier, she h also mentioned Moldova's strong dependence on fuel deliveries from Russia. "Can we afford to leave our country without natural gas or electricity today? For sake of our citizens and for sake of 100,000 Ukrainian refugees, including 50,000 children, we can't."

Russia-Ukraine war

Russia launched a full-fledged military attack against Ukraine on February 24, and since n, it has been relentlessly attacking Ukrainian cities, resulting in killing of thousands of civilians. According to report shared by Ukraine's armed forces on April 28, as many as 22,800 Russian soldiers have been killed in this war, along with 187 planes, eight boats, and 970 tanks, among or losses. However, Russian defence department has not confirmed total killings of ir Armymen.

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