Transnistria asks Russia for "protection" | Foreign policy experts fear expansion of Ukraine war

Foreign policy experts from the SPD and CDU have warned of an expansion of the Ukraine war in view of the situation in the breakaway Moldovan region of Transnistria. "In (...) Transnistria, what many have been warning about for two years is becoming apparent: namely that the war is spreading," Röttgen told the newspaper "Rheinische Post" on Thursday. Pro-Russian separatists in the border regions of Ukraine had also initially asked Moscow for help "before it came to annexation by Russia". This was followed by the Russian "full-scale invasion" of Ukraine. SPD foreign policy expert Michael Roth has also warned against an expansion of the Russian war of aggression against Ukraine. The pro-Russian rulers in Transnistria had asked Russia for "protection" against Moldova on Wednesday. Russia then described the "protection" of the inhabitants of Transnistria as a "priority"