Cobasna ammunition depot

Cobasna is located in Moldova
Cobasna
Cobasna
Location of Cobasna, where the Cobasna ammunition depot is located, in Moldova.

The Cobasna ammunition depot, formally the 1411th Artillery Ammunition Depot[1] (Romanian: Depozitul de muniții de artilerie nr. 1411; Russian: 1411-й артиллерийский склад боеприпасов, romanized1411-y artilleriyskiy sklad boyepripasov), is a large ammunition depot located in the village of Cobasna. Legally and internationally recognized as part of Moldova as a whole, the unrecognized breakaway state of Transnistria controls the village and the ammunition depot and has denied access to international observers,[2] an exception being the Russian military forces located in the region ever since the end of the Transnistria War in 1992.[3] Outside access to the ammunition depot is effectively prohibited. Only the Russian and Transnistrian authorities have detailed information regarding the amount and situation of the stored weapons.[4]

  1. ^ "Российская армия в Приднестровье". Yablor (in Russian). 28 May 2015.
  2. ^ Dulgher, Maria (9 August 2020). "The Russian ammunition depot from Cobasna discussed against the backdrop of the Beirut explosion". Moldova.org.
  3. ^ Ciochină, Simion; Schwartz, Robert (1 December 2015). "Transnistria's explosive inheritance from the Soviet era". Deutsche Welle.
  4. ^ Ciochină, Simion (27 November 2015). "Cel mai mare depozit ilegal de arme din Europa de Est". Deutsche Welle (in Romanian).