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UKRAINE’S parliament voted yesterday to formally suspend military co-operation with Moscow — complicating the Russian mission in Moldova.
The five co-operation agreements scrapped by the Verkhovna Rada included one giving the Russian military transit rights to reach Moldova.
Around 1,500 Russian troops are stationed in Trans-Dniester, a landlocked region of Moldova on Ukraine’s western border which claims independence from the rest of the country.
By cancelling the bilateral agreement, Ukraine has created a potential logistical problem for the Russian force.
Relations between the two countries have been openly hostile since the Western-backed coup in Kiev last year.
“As it now stands, we have to think about it, find a way. We shouldn’t throw away Trans-Dniester and Moldova,” said Russian Duma defence committee chairman Vladimir Komoedov.
He added that Russia was not considering sanctions against Ukraine over the move.
