Study region: The Dnieper and Dniester Rivers of Ukraine.

TIRASPOL, Trans-Dniester — With Crimea now firmly under Russian control, many are casting their eyes around for the next likely target should Russia continue to redraw the map of modern Europe.

Bridge over Dniester River. In 2023, the Verkhovna Rada ratified an agreement between the governments of Ukraine and Moldova on the construction of a road border bridge crossing over the Dniester ...

Moldova has said it will vigorously contest Ukraine's plans to expand a major hydropower complex on the Dniester, amid fears that it will lower the water level of the most important river in Moldova.

Trans-Dniester is a narrow strip of land on the east bank of the Dniester River, sandwiched between Ukraine and Moldova. The breakaway region seceded from Moldova after a brief military conflict ...