On Thursday, Maria Zakharova became the highest-level Kremlin official to acknowledge a series of explosions this week in Transnistria.
The state security building in the capital of Transnistria was damaged by blasts this week.
According to the state-run TASS Russian news agency, Zakharova said during a press briefing that the blasts in Transnistria were acts of terrorism aimed at destabilizing the region.
The explosions are evidence of an increase in tension and an attempt to involve Transnistria in the events in Ukranian.
The attacks targeting Transnistria's state security buildings and a broadcasting center are of unknown origins, but Ukraine's defense ministry has said Russia is behind the explosions in Transnistria as part of a false-flag operation to justify an offensive in the region.
Despite most of the speculation, Zakharova dismissed the talks about Russia launching an offensive in the region as "sensational".
Despite being internationally recognized as part of Moldova, the government has little control over the Transnistria region. About 1,500 Russian troops are in Transnistria, which is pro-Kremlin. The country's president Maia Sandu said unrest in the region poses a risk to the country.
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