Shell Injures Border Guard at Moldova-Ukraine Border, Hits Bus
Moldovan police suspended operations and redirected traffic after the strike damaged a bus and control booth, with no other casualties reported.
- On October 5, a shell struck the Palanca-Mayaky-Udobne border crossing between Moldova and Ukraine at 9:38 a.m., ricocheting to hit a passenger bus and control booth. A Moldovan border guard sustained light injuries, the Border Police reported.
- Russia launched 205 attack drones overnight, including 49 jet-powered units, as Ukrainian air defenses intercepted 172 of them. The Palanca crossing's proximity to Ukraine's Odesa Oblast makes it a recurring flashpoint during sustained aerial campaigns.
- Five Russian air attack weapons violated Moldovan airspace on October 3, with previous incursions including a September 24 drone crash and an August 17 missile landing near Talmaz in Stefan Voda district. NATO jets intercepted a suspected drone near the border on August 16.
- The General Police Inspectorate closed the border crossing to conduct an investigation and urged drivers to avoid the area. Authorities are processing the site to assess damage and confirm the projectile's origin.
- Moldovan President Maia Sandu warned that "Moscow is putting lives at risk across Europe and must be stopped," stating the war is "dangerously reaching Moldova." The incident intensifies pressure on leadership to mitigate recurring spillover risks from the conflict.
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Munition falls near Moldovan checkpoint on border with Ukraine, injures border guard
A munition fell near the Palanca border crossing on Moldova’s border with Ukraine on the morning of October 5, ricocheting into a scheduled bus parked at the checkpoint barrier and into the border control booth. A border police officer sustained a minor injury, the Moldovan outlet TV8 reported.
A projectile fell near the Palanca crossing point on the Moldovan-Ukrainian border and hit a bus. A border guard was slightly injured.
نُشر هذا المقال أولاً عبر Cedarnews.net. لمتابعة المزيد من الأخبار والتقارير الحصرية، زورونا على موقعنا. An incident during the morning shelling of Ukraine led to the wounding of a Moldovan border guard and damage to a bus. تم نشر هذا الخبر عبر موقع Cedarnews الإخباري. للاطلاع على مزيد من الأخبار العاجلة والتقارير الحصرية، زوروا موقعنا الرسمي.
A Moldovan border police officer was injured on Monday following Russian attacks on neighbouring Ukrainian infrastructure, in the first such incident in Moldova since the beginning of the war. ...
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