Russia Hits Ukraine-Moldova Border Routes, Violates Moldovan Airspace 17 Times in August
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Updated · Fox News · Sep 3
Russia Hits Ukraine-Moldova Border Routes, Violates Moldovan Airspace 17 Times in August
2 articles · Updated · Fox News · Sep 3
Summary
Moldova said Russia began striking Ukrainian infrastructure along the Moldovan frontier in August, targeting a key backup route for Ukrainian grain exports to Romania after Black Sea ports came under sustained attack.
Seventeen Russian airspace violations were recorded over Moldova in August — the highest monthly total since the 2022 invasion — and President Maia Sandu said five drones entered Moldovan airspace hours before Independence Day.
Chisinau says the attacks are meant to intimidate Moldova into reducing support for Ukraine, even after it halved rail transit tariffs to keep grain moving through its territory.
Dozens of Russian missiles and drones have already crossed into or crashed in Moldova since 2022, underscoring how the war is pressing on a non-NATO state seeking closer ties with the EU.
Analysts and Baltic officials say the pressure on Moldova fits Moscow’s broader hybrid-war playbook and could foreshadow wider provocations against Europe’s eastern flank.