A monument to Russian military personnel who participated in the peacekeeping operation on the Dniester was unveiled in the capital of Transnistria, Tiraspol, on the 25th anniversary of the creation of the Operational Group of Russian Forces (OGRF).
This was reported by the First Pridnestrovsky TV channel, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports.
“The Russian soldier was, is and will remain a protector of the people living in Transnistria. The OGRF is an integral part of the peacekeeping mission for me personally. We support it, and it is impossible, unrealistic, and impossible to imagine Russian peacekeepers separated from the OGRF. All attacks by certain politicians from the right bank and overseas are aimed at destroying the peacekeeping mission. And they have nothing to do with peace,” said Transnistrian President Vadim Krasnoselsky, referring to the demands coming from the West and from Chisinau for the withdrawal of Russian peacekeepers.
OGRF is the successor to the 14th Combined Arms Army, which after the collapse of the USSR was transferred under the jurisdiction of Russia. More than 90% of the OGRF personnel are also citizens of Transnistria with dual citizenship.
The withdrawal of the OGRF (“Russian troops from the territory of Moldova”) was demanded by both the pro-Western Moldovan Prime Minister Maia Sandu and the new head of government Ion Chicu, considered the creation of the conditionally pro-Russian President Igor Dodon.