Maia Sandu Condemns Russian Attack On Children’s Hospital In Kiev While Kremlin In Chisinau Are Threatening “Annexation” Of Moldova With Romania

Maia Sandu condemns the Russian attack on the children’s hospital in Kiev: Shocking that some still deny these atrocities.

“It’s about innocent children, about bombs hitting hospitals where little ones are fighting cancer. It’s about children dying in their mothers’ arms. It is a war against children. It is shocking that some still deny these atrocities. Moldova strongly condemns these war crimes”, wrote Maia Sandu on her Facebook page.

The leader from Chisinau called for unity for a future where every child “has the chance to live in peace and well-being”.

“Let’s be united for the right to life of these children and many children traumatized by war, for a future where every child has the chance to live in peace and well-being. Today’s world is totally different from the one before February 2022 – we have to focus on what really matters: stopping the killing of these innocent souls”, pointed out the president of the Republic of Moldova.  

One of the strongest attacks

Russia launched missiles at Kiev and other Ukrainian cities on July 8 in a rare daytime attack, killing at least 20 people across the country and hitting a major children’s hospital in the country’s capital. 

Kyiv, the Lukiyanivka area, right now.

Putin keeps demonstrating his aspirations for peace with Ukraine. pic.twitter.com/ywrsj1srlP

— Illia Ponomarenko ???????? (@IAPonomarenko) July 8, 2024

Kyiv Mayor Vitali Klitschiko said the attack on the capital was one of the most powerful since Russia’s February 2022 invasion.

He said the city’s main children’s hospital was damaged in the attack. Windows were smashed and panels ripped off. Parents with children in their arms came out into the street, dizzy and crying.

Kyiv city authorities also said seven people were killed and at least 25 wounded in the attack on the capital. In Zelenskiy’s hometown, ten people were killed and 31 injured, Mayor Oleksandr Vilkul announced.

Three other people were killed in Pokrovsk in eastern Ukraine when rockets hit an industrial facility, the governor of the Donetsk region said.

Kyiv leader Volodymyr Zelensky said Russian forces had launched more than 40 missiles that targeted various cities and damaged infrastructure, commercial and residential buildings in various Ukrainian cities.

“All services are involved to save as many people as possible ,” informed Volodymyr Zelenskiy via the Telegram application. 

Meanwhile: The Kremlin In Chisinau Are Threatening “Annexation” Of Moldova With Romania

Russian officials together with the Chisinau Opposition, representatives of Transnistria and Gagauzia discussed the “annexation” of the Republic of Moldova by Romania during a conference with the theme “In Moldova or Romania: will the Republic of Moldova remain on the map in 2025?” which took place recently in Moscow. 

The international scientific-practical conference in the capital of Russia was organized by the Institute of the CIS countries, its leaders have over time brought arguments in favor of the Kremlin’s foreign policy and studied, including the so-called “close neighborhood” of the Russian Federation. 

“The course of the Republic of Moldova towards the European Union and NATO, and its absorption by Romania, the escalation of the repressions of the authorities on this background and the internal political struggle on the eve of the re-election of the President of the Republic, together with the extension of the blockade of the Transnistrian Republic of Moldova cannot leave Russia indifferent”, 

The course towards subordination of the Republic of Moldova to the European Union and NATO and its absorption by Romania, the escalating repressions of the authorities and the internal political struggle on the eve of the re-election of the President of the Republic, coupled with the expansion of the blockade of the Pridnestrovian Moldavian Republic cannot leave Russia indifferent. The conference will be attended by deputies of the State Duma and senators of the Federation Council of the Russian Federation, representatives of the parliaments of the Republic of Moldova, the Pridnestrovian Moldavian Republic, Gagauzia, public and political figures of our countries, clergy of the Russian Orthodox Church, leading Russian and foreign experts.

The central theme of the conference is whether the Republic of Moldova will retain its statehood by 2025. The following issues will be considered within its framework: Moldova between Romania and Russia (historical aspect); rivalry between Russia and the West in the Moldovan-Transnistrian region in the context of the war between Ukraine and the West against Russia; plans and prospects for Moldova’s involvement in the conflict; the internal political situation in the Republic of Moldova on the eve of the elections and referendum on European integration: problems of the government and the opposition; increasing threats to Russian compatriots in the region, the future of Transnistria and Gagauzia; the Russian Orthodox Church and the religious factor in the struggle for Moldovan statehood, etc.

The conference will be held at the President Hotel, Library Hall (Moscow, 24 Bolshaya Yakimanka St.) from 10:00 to 18:00. It is stated in the Institute’s announcement regarding the event. 

The institute is led by the Russian deputy Konstantin Zatulin, who has been concerned for many years with all the conflicts in the CIS and the ex-Soviet space, including the one in the separatist Transnistrian region, and who recently participated with the former president of the Republic of Moldova and the current leader of the PSRM, Igor Dodon, at another conference held recently in Slovakia.  

Among the guests from Chisinau would have been the socialist parliamentarian Bogdan Șîrdea, the fugitive oligarch Ilan Șor and the Bishop of Bălți și Făleşti, Marchel, and the participants in the event associated the vote during the plebiscite with the subject of the country’s accession to the Union on October 20 with the “annexation” of the Republic of Moldova by Romania. The conference was covered by the media from the Russian Federation, such as the Rossia 1 television station, which began the report as follows: “Will Moldova remain on the world map?” Will the state be preserved in 2025? These questions are being discussed today in Moscow at the  international scientific- practical conference.  Deputies, senators, but also representatives of the Parliament from Chisinau, Transnistria and Gagazia take part in the discussions”. Russian narrative on the background of the warning issued by three states The Russian narrative regarding the fact that the Republic of Moldova will lose its statehood if the referendum on the country’s accession to the European Union passes is launched in the context in which  the United States, Great Britain and Canada last month accused the Kremlin of plotting to influence the outcome of the country’s presidential elections neighbor. On October 20, Moldovans are expected at the polls to cast their vote for the future president of the country, but also for the constitutional republican referendum on the accession of the Republic of Moldova to the European Union, the plebiscite being initiated at the request of the current head of state Maia Sandu.