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“The army of the republic functions in a standard mode, military units are in places of permanent deployment,” said Transnistrian President Vadim Krasnoselsky.
The disputed territory Transnistria - a former Soviet breakaway state situated between Moldova and Ukraine -denied that it is mobilizing forces for war with Ukraine in a series of government statements on Saturday and Thursday.
Ukraine accused Russian forces of breaching a ceasefire and destroying a hospital in the besieged city of Mariupol, as aid agencies warned of a humanitarian disaster unfolding in the city.
Posting a video from inside a maternity ward that appeared devastated by bombing, Ukraine’s president Volodymyr Zelensky claimed Russia was responsible for an “atrocity”.
Large groups of predominantly Muslim Chechens and fighters from Belarus have parted with their governments’ stance by siding with Ukraine.
Photos of armed Chechens wearing yellow armbands, which identify Ukrainian forces, were shared on social media.
The Russian armed forces announced a ceasefire from 10:00 am (07:00 GMT) for the residents of Ukraine capital Kiev, Mariupol, Kharkiv, Sumy to leave the cities, local media reported citing interdepartmental coordination headquarters for humanitarian response in Ukraine on Monday.
State news agency SANA had reported 13 dead “including officers” and 18 wounded.
Daesh cells “attacked a military bus” in the Palmyra desert, “killing 15 soldiers and wounding 18 others”, the British-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said.
