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UNIAN, photo Wikipedia, Starokozache community The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Moldova stated that Russia deliberately attacked the Tudora–Starokozache border crossing and is attempting to justify the strike with false statements about weapons being transported from Moldova to Ukraine. This is reported by Newsmaker.
"This is a false and completely unfounded assertion. Weapons are not transported through the territory of the Republic of Moldova to Ukraine — neither through the Tudora–Starokozache crossing nor through other border points," says the statement from Moldova's Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
They emphasized that people pass through these points — families, children, mothers and elderly people traveling between the two countries.
The ministry highlighted that as a result of the attack two civilians were killed and several others injured.
"The attempt to justify the killing of civilians with false statements about allegedly transporting weapons is cynical and unacceptable. Moldova strongly condemns this attack and categorically rejects any attempts to justify it with lies and disinformation," the Moldovan MFA noted.
The Moldovan MFA statement appeared after the Russian Defense Ministry confirmed the strike. Moscow claimed it hit the logistics facilities at the Starokozache checkpoint, which, according to the Russian side, were used to transport military cargo to Ukraine.
Attack on the Starokozache checkpoint — what is known
As UNIAN reported, in the night of 9 September, the Russian occupation army attacked the Ukrainian border crossing "Starokozache" on the Moldova border in the Odesa region. Drones struck the checkpoint infrastructure and the surrounding area. The attack caused fires.
According to the press service of the Main Department of the State Emergency Service in the Odesa region, as a result of the attack, facilities were damaged, passenger buses, cargo and passenger cars were destroyed. A large fire broke out.
According to preliminary information, as a result of the attack 2 people were killed, and 3 were injured.
Document: PDF proof of the republished news item ""Цинічна брехня": Молдова відповіла Росії після удару по пункту пропуску в Україні" after a recorded deletion or page unavailability. Source: UNIAN.
