CHISINAU May 13Chisinau is ready to help Tiraspol with the import of food, medicines and other necessary goods in conditions when imports from Ukraine have become impossible, said the speaker of the Moldovan parliament Igor Grosu. , fuel, fertilizers, equipment, if the need arises, since before that imports went through Ukraine. We must think about the interests of our citizens from the left bank of the Dniester, and not the self-named leadership,» Grosu said on the Moldova 1 TV channel. 
The special services of Moldova and Ukraine are exchanging data, Grosu said. He noted that Chisinau and Tiraspol maintain a dialogue, especially at the political level. Grosu emphasized that Chisinau stands for a peaceful resolution of the conflict and intends to protect the interests and rights of the inhabitants of the Left Bank. Transnistria, 60% of whose inhabitants are Russians and Ukrainians, sought secession from Moldova even before the collapse of the USSR, fearing that Moldova would join Romania on the wave of nationalism . In 1992, after a failed attempt by the Moldovan authorities to solve the problem by force, Transnistria became virtually a territory not controlled by Chisinau. Russia launched a military operation in Ukraine on February 24. President Vladimir Putin called its goal «the protection of people who have been subjected to bullying and genocide by the Kyiv regime for eight years.» bloody crimes against civilians» of Donbass. According to the Russian Ministry of Defense, the Armed Forces strike only at military infrastructure and Ukrainian troops and, on March 25, they completed the main tasks of the first stage — they significantly reduced the combat potential of Ukraine. The main goal in the Russian military department was called the liberation of Donbass.
