Moldova

A top Ukrainian general has claimed that two Russian missiles crossed into Romanian and Moldovan airspace. Chisinau summons the Russian ambassador in ...

Moldovan Prime Minister Natalia Gavrilita announced at a briefing on Friday that her government was resigning.

Register for free to Reuters and know the full story I believe in Moldova," she told a news briefing. "I believe in the Moldovan people.

Moldova's government collapsed Friday as pro-Western Prime Minister Natalia Gavrilita resigned, adding to a series of crises that have gripped the small ...

“Despite unprecedented challenges, the country was governed responsibly, with great care and dedicated work,” Sandu said. “We were immediately faced with energy blackmail, and those who did this hoped that we would give in.” Gavrilita told a news conference that the “time has come for me to announce my resignation” and said no one expected her government, elected in the summer of 2021, “would have to manage so many crises caused by Russian aggression in Ukraine.”

Russia's latest aerial attack on Ukraine saw missiles cross Moldovan airspace, Ukrainian and Moldovan officials have said. Kyiv's top general said two ...

Explosions were also heard in Kyiv, although the city's mayor said nobody was hurt. Olexander Kamyshin wrote: "Trains will start delaying, but none will be cancelled. We are determined." In the aftermath, an aide of Mr Zelensky reiterated a call for the West to donate fighter jets, and criticised "political hesitation" over the provision of new arms to his country. In a post on the Telegram messaging app, he added there were "victims" of the assault, without specifying a number. Mr Zelensky said the missiles represented a "challenge" to Nato, of which Romania is a member country.

Moldovan Prime Minister Natalia Gavrilița announced on Friday that her government was resigning, after a turbulent 18 months in power marked by economic ...

“In spite of unprecedented challenges, the country was governed responsibly, with a lot of attention and dedicated work. “ I believe that we will be able to make it through all the difficulties and challenges.” I believe in Moldova,” she told a news briefing.

Moldova was granted EU candidate status last June, but has faced intense pressure from Moscow. Briefing of Prime Minister of Moldova Natalia ...

In an [interview](https://www.politico.eu/newsletter/eu-confidential/new-eu-confidential-podcast-episode-eu-ukraine-summit-fighter-jets-moldovan-president-maia-sandu/) with POLITICO last month, Sandu accused Russia of using the energy crisis and spiraling costs to “bring instability to Moldova,” referring to disinformation efforts by Russia to stoke anti-government feeling. about our capacity to defend ourselves, whether we can do it ourselves, or whether we should be part of a larger alliance,” she said. [Friday](https://twitter.com/Daniel_Voda/status/1623995778703261699?s=20&t=endJjsRwGJwwO1nXqqo76A) it would summon the Russian ambassador over the “unacceptable violation of [Moldova’s] airspace by a Russian missile” which flew over the country as part of an extensive [Russian attack](https://www.politico.eu/article/kyiv-ukraine-offensive-russia-launch-missile-raids-troops-near-kupyansk/) on Ukraine. [surprise press briefing](https://pfseb726.r.eu-west-1.awstrack.me/L0/https:%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2FNataliaGavrilitaPM%2Fvideos%2F6305694576130313/1/010201863b373c7b-258474c9-c960-4f7d-babd-5daca73da2d1-000000/U5oXsCc0l_v1PPF6VjBoUjH1Eho=308) Friday, Prime Minister Natalia Gavrilița announced she was resigning together with her pro-Western government. “Moldova is entering a new phase, one in which security is our priority,” she added. [confirmed](https://www.g4media.ro/serviciul-secret-din-moldova-confirma-ca-ucraina-i-a-transmis-informatii-despre-un-plan-al-rusiei-pentru-destabilizarea-tarii.html) they had also identified “subversive activities” aimed at “undermining the state of the Republic of Moldova, destabilizing and violating public order.” [told ](https://www.politico.eu/article/maia-sandu-moldova-nato-alliance-joining-ukraine-war-russia-invasion/)POLITICO last month that a “serious discussion” was now taking place in the country, following the Russian invasion of Ukraine, including the possibility of joining a defense alliance. [Thursday’s European summit](https://www.standard.co.uk/news/world/zelensk-ukraine-intercepted-russian-plans-to-destroy-moldova-b1059241.html) in Brussels that Ukraine had intercepted Russian plans to “destroy” Moldova. “And if we come, at some point, to the conclusion as a nation that we need to change neutrality, this should happen through a democratic process.” [accused](https://www.politico.eu/article/moldova-energy-crisis-inflation-russia-ukraine-war/) Russia, which bases soldiers in the breakaway region of Transnistria in the east, of stirring unrest in the country, including protests in the capital, Chișinău. [said](https://www.digi24.ro/stiri/externe/criza-politica-in-republica-moldova-premierul-natalia-gavrilita-a-demisionat-2247373) she would launch discussions with the political parties in parliament to appoint a new prime minister. Moldova was granted candidate status to the European Union [last June](https://pfseb726.r.eu-west-1.awstrack.me/L0/https:%2F%2Fwww.politico.eu%2Farticle%2Feu-leaders-grant-ukraine-and-moldova-candidate-status%2F/1/010201863b373c7b-258474c9-c960-4f7d-babd-5daca73da2d1-000000/xiKzJA8WMxJtonn8qslKLvJl0U8=308), together with Ukraine, but the government has faced intense pressure from Moscow, which has sought to undermine its authority.

Moldova's prime minister Natalia Gavrilita has resigned citing a lack of support for her government as it struggles with the fallout from Russia's war ...

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Moldovan President Maia Sandu has nominated former Interior Minister Dorin Recean as prime minister after Natalia Gavrilita stepped down just a year and a ...

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Moldova's pro-western Prime Minister Natalia Gavrilita resigned on Friday after months of economic turmoil and claims that Russia was trying to stir up tensions ...

The situation cooled after Poland said it was a stray Ukrainian missile and not a deliberate Russian attack. The economic turmoil, including power cuts caused by the strikes on Ukraine, have led to protests that Moldova accuses Russia of supporting. It is scheduled to host a summit of European leaders in June. Moldova's pro-western Prime Minister Natalia Gavrilita resigned on Friday after months of economic turmoil and claims that Russia was trying to stir up tensions. Romania's Defence Ministry said the missile, fired from the Black Sea, "flew over the airspace of Ukraine and the Republic of Moldova and re-entered the Ukrainian air space without ever infringing Romania’s airspace". [Ukraine](https://thenationalnews.com/tags/ukraine/) flew over the territory of [Moldova](https://thenationalnews.com/tags/moldova/) and passed close to [Romania](https://thenationalnews.com/tags/romania/) on Friday, as fears rose that the war could spill over after the president was forced to designate a new prime minister.

Pro-western Natalia Gavrilita quits as Russian ambassador summoned over apparent violation of airspace.

“In spite of unprecedented challenges, the country was governed responsibly, with a lot of attention and dedicated work.” Russia, however, has troops in Moldova’s breakaway region of Transdniestria and opposes any move to join the 27-nation bloc. “Thank you so much for your enormous sacrifice and efforts to lead the country in a time of so many crises,” Sandu said.

Moldovan Prime Minister Natalia Gavrilita announced Friday she and her government were resigning after 18 months, as Russia's invasion of neighboring ...

She said under Gavrilita, "the country was governed responsibly, with a lot of attention and dedicated work. Friday's events come one day after Zelenskyy told European Union leaders in Brussels his country had intercepted a detailed Russian plan to destroy Moldova politically, by breaking down the democratic order and establishing control, as it has attempted to do in Ukraine. And in a video message Friday, Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said a Russian missile targeting his nation passed through Moldovan airspace.

Moldovan President Maia Sandu nominated former interior minister Dorin Recean to replace Natalia Gavrilița.

[summoned Russia's ambassador](https://twitter.com/Daniel_Voda/status/1623995778703261699)to condemn "the latest unfriendly actions and statements against Moldova" after a Russian missile crossed into its airspace as it headed toward targets in Ukraine. He has 15 days to form a government and present it to parliament for a vote, per AP. [reported](https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/moldovan-prime-minister-announces-government-resignation-2023-02-10/). [AP](https://apnews.com/article/politics-maia-sandu-moldova-69a879ddc1a6e9b04523acf6c5913f4d). [reduce natural gas deliveries](https://www.axios.com/2022/09/02/russia-gazprom-nord-stream-1-natural-gas-europe)and choke off other supplies to the former Soviet republic. It was the latest Russian violation of Moldova's air space, the [New York Times noted](https://www.nytimes.com/2023/02/10/world/europe/moldova-prime-minister-resigns.html).

Moldova on Friday said it would summon Russia's ambassador after Chisinau claimed that a Russian missile crossed the airspace of the ex-Soviet republic.The.

Moldova’s ministry of defense said it detected a missile earlier Friday that crossed the airspace of Moldova with Ukraine as direction. The ambassador would be summoned “to indicate to the Russian side the unacceptable violation of our airspace by a Russian missile that today flew over the sovereign territory of the Republic of Moldova,” the foreign ministry said in a press release. Moldova on Friday said it would summon Russia’s ambassador after Chisinau claimed that a Russian missile crossed the airspace of the ex-Soviet republic.

The country, which neighbours Ukraine, is battling inflation, an energy crisis and Russian aggression.

It caused inflation to skyrocket and there was public unrest over the high energy costs. The Moldovan parliament will vote to confirm his nomination next week. "These documents show who, when and how Russia is going to break democracy of Moldova and establish control," he told EU leaders at a summit in Brussels. President Maia Sandu thanked Ms Gavrilita for her "enormous sacrifice and efforts to lead the country in a time of so many crises". "I took over the government with an anti-corruption, pro-development and pro-European mandate at a time when corruption schemes had captured all the institutions and the oligarchs felt untouchable," Ms Gavrilita said at a news conference. Announcing her resignation on Friday, Ms Gavrilita said that when her government was elected in 2021, no one expected it would have to manage "so many crises caused by Russian aggression in Ukraine".

CHISINAU, Moldova — Moldova's president tapped her defense and security adviser, pro-Western economist Dorin Recean, to succeed Prime Minister Natalia ...

Compounding that has been missiles from the war that have traversed its skies and missile debris that has been discovered on its territory. "We were immediately faced with energy blackmail, and those who did this hoped that we would give in." The difficulties of 2022 postponed some of our plans, but they did not stop us," President Sandu said, adding that in 2023 she wants to focus on revamping key areas such as Moldova's economy and justice sector.

Moldova's president named former minister Dorin Recean as prime minister-designate after Natalia Gavrilita's resignation.

“I know that we need unity and a lot of work to get through the difficult period we are facing,” she said. I believe in Moldova,” Gavrilita said. “We were immediately faced with energy blackmail, and those who did this hoped that we would give in.” “In spite of unprecedented challenges, the country was governed responsibly, with a lot of attention and dedicated work. The former Soviet republic of 2.5 million also saw an influx of Ukrainian refugees last year. “I believe in the Moldovan people.