Russia Considering Intervention in European Region

Russia pledged on Wednesday that it will "carefully" consider Transnistria's request for protection.

The comments came after officials in Transnistria, a pro-Russian breakaway region in Moldova, held a meeting in which they called on Russia for help with security.

Transnistria's Congress of Deputies did not request to be annexed to Russia, as some reports had suggested might happen, but it did ask for Moscow's help for what it characterized as a security threat to Moldova from Russia's war in neighboring Ukraine. Transnistria's officials also accused Moldova's government of harming the breakaway region's economy and violating the freedoms of its population.