Transnistria-related events during 2022
Events in the year 2022 in Transnistria.
Events
Ongoing – COVID-19 pandemic in Transnistria
January
April
- 25 April
- 26 April
- 2022 Transnistria attacks: Two explosions in the Grigoriopol transmitter were reported in Maiac, the first one at 6:40 and the second at 7:05, knocking out two radio antennas that broadcast Russian radio stations. No injuries were reported on the site and nobody has claimed responsibility.[3][5][6]
- A self-proclaimed "group of patriots" of the Ministry of State Security sent a document in Russian to the editorial team of the Moldovan newspaper AVA appealing to their state authorities, representatives of diplomatic missions, and to Moldovan and Ukrainian media and law enforcement institutions.[7][8]
- 27 April
- the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Transnistria reported that several drones flew over Cobasna, which is only around 2 kilometres (1.2 miles) away from the border with Ukraine, and that shots were fired at the village. The ministry claim that the drones came from Ukraine.[9][10]
- The media outlet TV PMR release a video and new information about the attack on April 25, that the bombers arrived in Tiraspol in a car from the area of Grigoriopol, after illegally crossing the border from Ukraine.[11]
May
- 6 May – 2022 Transnistria attacks: Four explosions are reported near a former aerodrome in Vărăncău at 9:40, by at least two drones. An hour later, the incident was repeated.[12]
- 27 May – PM Martynov is fired by President Krasnoselsky, who replaces him with Minister of Agriculture and Natural Resources Aleksandr Rozenberg.[13]
- 30 May – Aleksandr Rozenberg officially becomes the new Prime Minister of Transnistria.[14]
June
- 5 June – 2022 Transnistria attacks: Two explosives are reported to have been launched from a drone over a military reserve unit in Vladimirovca at 5:10.[15]
- 15 June – Foreign Minister Vitaly Ignatiev [ru] held a meeting with Slovakia Ambassador to Moldova Pavol Ivan. Issues with Transnistrian imports and banking were discussed, and both agreed to maintain further communications in the future.[16][17]