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It still has Russian troops on its soil and an economy that's fully dependent on Russian gas, for which the authorities in Tiraspol pay nothing.

But Tiraspol is refusing all help, even generators.

And even if Tiraspol opts to buy gas from elsewhere, the hit to its economy could be disastrous.

The base hit by the drone on Sunday was in Tiraspol, the region’s capital, and it was not clear if any Russian troops were on that site.

Late last month, members of the Transnistrian congress used a rare meeting in the regional capital of Tiraspol to ask the Russian Duma to “implement measures for defending Transnistria amid increasing pressure from Moldova, given the fact that more than 220,000 Russian citizens reside in Transnistria.”