Governor: Russian shelling of Donetsk Oblast town kills elderly man.

What danger does Transnistria pose to Ukraine, Moldova?

When there was no mention of Transnistria -- Moldova's Russia-led breakaway republic -- in Vladimir Putin's speech on Feb.

29, Moldovans sighed with relief.

A day prior, the leaders of the unrecognized breakaway entity, sandwiched between Ukraine and Moldova, had asked Russia for "protection" -- a ple...