1990–1992 conflict between Moldova and Russian-backed self-proclaimed Transnistria
Transnistria War
Part of the dissolution of the Soviet Union and the Transnistria conflict
Transnistrian forces during the Battle of Bender
Date
2 November 1990 – 21 July 1992 (1 year, 8 months, 2 weeks and 5 days)Main phase: 2 March – 21 July 1992(4 months, 2 weeks and 5 days)
Location
Transnistria, Moldova
Result
Russian–Transnistrian victory
Transnistria becomes a de facto independent state, but remains internationally recognized as part of Moldova
Belligerents
/Moldova[a] Supported by: Romania[1]
Transnistria
Russia[2][3]
Diplomatic support:
Ukraine[4]
Commanders and leaders
Mircea Snegur
Valeriu Muravschi
Ion Costaș
Pavel Creangă
Tudor Dabija-Cazarov [ro][5]
Constantin Antoci
Nicolae Chirtoacă[6]
Leonid Carasev[7][6]
Boris Muravschi [ro][8]
Igor Smirnov
Andrey Manoylov
Vladimir Rilyakov [ru]
Ștefan Chițac [ro; ru]
Nikolay Lepkhov [ru]
Vladimir Atamaniuk [ru]
Fedor Dobrov [ru][9]
Yuri Grosul [ru]
Vladimir Antyufeyev[10]
Tom Zenovich
Boris Yeltsin
Alexander Lebed[11]
Dmytro Korchynsky[12]
Units involved
Armed Forces
Ministry of Internal Affairs
Police
Popular Front of Moldova
Pro-Moldovan Transnistrian volunteers[13]
Romanian volunteers[14][15] and military advisors[16]
Armed Forces
Republican Guard
Ministry of Interior
Militsiya
Russian Armed Forces
14th Guards Army (elements)[14][17][18][19]
Russian volunteers
Don Cossacks[20]
Kuban CMS [ru][21]
Orenburg Cossacks[22]
Union of Cossacks
RNU[23]
Gagauz volunteers[24] Ukrainian volunteers
UNA-UNSO[25][26] (aimed to make Transnistria part of Ukraine)[12]
Casualties and losses
316–637 civilians killed in total[27]
The Transnistria War (Romanian: Războiul din Transnistria; Russian: Война в Приднестровье, romanized: Voyna v Pridnestrovye) was an armed conflict that broke out on 2 November 1990 in Dubăsari (Russian: Дубосса́ры, romanized: Dubossary) between pro-Transnistria (Pridnestrovian Moldavian Republic, PMR) forces, including the Transnistrian Republican Guard, militia and neo-Cossack units, which were supported by elements of the Russian 14th Army, and pro-Moldovan forces, including Moldovan troops and police.
Fighting intensified on 1 March 1992 and, alternating with ad hoc ceasefires, lasted throughout the spring and early summer of 1992 until a ceasefire was declared on 21 July 1992, which has held. The conflict is sometimes known as the Moldo-Russian war (Romanian: Războiul moldo-rus) in Moldova and Romania.[28]
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^De La Pedraja, René (2018). The Russian Military Resurgence: Post-Soviet Decline and Rebuilding, 1992–2018. McFarland. pp. 93–94. ISBN 9781476634494. This response was too much for the commander of the 14th Army General Yuri Netkachev, who ordered Russian troops to drive out the Moldovan forces. The 14th Army had always supported the separatists since the very beginning, but this direct support was the first open participation in combat. ... The participation of the 14th Army was indispensable for the victory of the separatists, ... Moldovan forces were concentrated in a forest near Bender, and Lebed decided to stop their advance by relying on his powerful artillery. At 0300 on 3 July massive barrages rained down on the unsuspecting Moldovans ...
^de Waal, Thomas (2018). Uncertain Ground: Engaging with Europe's De Facto States and Breakaway Territories(PDF). Carnegie Endowment for International Peace. p. 39. Neither side had a proper military force. The intervention of the Russian Fourteenth Army and its commander General Alexander Lebed on behalf of the Transdniestrians was decisive.
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