ISW: Ukraine unlikely to have hit Russian helicopter in Transnistria

According to the ISW, Ukraine is unlikely to have struck the Russian helicopter in Transnistria amid Russia's hybrid operation to destabilize Moldova.

Mar 19, 2024 - 08:04

ISW: Ukraine unlikely to have hit Russian helicopter in Transnistria

On 17 March, an unidentified party deployed a drone at a military base in Transnistria, the Russian-controlled region in Moldova, “amidst an assessed ongoing Kremlin hybrid operation aimed at destabilizing Moldova from within,” according to the US-based Institute for the Study of War (ISW).

Drone attack destroyed Russian helicopter in Moldova’s Transnistria (photos, video)

On 17 March, Transnistrian media reported that a drone, allegedly coming from the direction of Ukraine’s Odesa Oblast, struck a helicopter at an unspecified military unit in Transnistria, and shared video footage of the drone attack.