Ukraine is allegedly planning to deploy S-300 air defense systems around Odesa, near the Transdniestrian border, according to a June 10 report from Odesa-based Timer magazine. Rhetoric surrounding the Russia-supported Moldovan breakaway territory of Transdniestria has grown more aggressive as the territory gains significance in the standoff between Russia and the West.
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People carry a Russian flag and a flag with a portrait of Russia's President Vladimir Putin reading \"We are for Putin!\" in Tiraspol, the main city of Transdniestr separatist republic of Moldova, on May 9, 2014, during Victory Day celebrations.
