‘Russia’s frontline moving west,’ Moldova’s president warns after border checkpoint attack

Moldovan president Maia Sandu warned that “Russia’s frontline is moving further west” after a Russian strike on the Moldovan-Ukrainian border overnight, a day after a drone incursion into Moldovan airspace.

“We condemn these attacks and this brutal war. Our thoughts are with the victims and with Ukraine. Moldova will keep strengthening its air surveillance and defences with our European partners – and I urge more air defence support for Ukraine,” she said.

The overnight attack forced the closure of the border checkpoint, around 500 kilometres (310 miles) south of Kyiv, Ukraine’s State Border Guard Service said.