| Show WORLD The Salt Lake Tribune Friday September 25 1992 Soldiers Keep Fragile Peace at Killing Field Wine-Cella- Ttumels Could Become Aloldovan Tourist Attraction r THE ASSOCIATED THE ASSOCIATED PRESS BENDERY Moldova — Soldiers with "Russia" emblazoned on their sleeves have brought a fragile peace t Bendery a killing field in the war between ethnic Romanians and Slays in this former Soviet republic But the conflict over the secession attempt by the predominantly Slavic region is far from resolved To the east of a buffer zone along the Dniester River Russian and Ukrainian separatists appear to be digging in and admit they have not surrendered their arms as required by a truce accord Ethnic Romanians in the area claim they are being terrorized into fleeing their homes In the rest of Moldova where Romanians predominate anger is widespread over the acceptance of the truce mediated by Russian President Boris Yeltsin Critics contend too many concessions were made to the separatists and say the presence of the peacekeepers is simply another form of Russian occupation The arrival of thousands of Russian soldiers in August mostly halted the fighting which killed hundreds and possibly thousands over five months Hundreds of people including many civilians were killed in Bendery in June in some of the war's fiercest fighting "We came just in time" said Col Gen Eduard Vorobyev commander of the force who views his operation as a model for dealing with ethnic fighting in other former Soviet republics "Both sides were tired and looking for a way out of the conflict" The 4000 peacekeepers whose ranks include several battalions from the two warring sides control all major routes in and out of this disputed town of 150000 people on the Dniester's west bank Submachine guns loaded the peacekeepers search cars for weapons At night they patrol Bendery Dubossary and other area towns imposing a 10 pm-toam curfew But tensions are still high over the valuable region Although it has only 600000 of Moldova's 43 million people and a small part of the territory contains most of its industry and controls vital energy supplies Increasingly Moldovan President Mircea Snegur is battling charges from Moldovan nationalists that he capitulated to Moscow by giving away control of Trans Dniester Parliament speaker Alexandru Mosanu the republic's second most powerful politician has strongly criticized the agreement and says the peacekeepers are "undermining Moldova's indeTrans-Dniest- Smirnov claimed to have 35000 militiamen He also admitted some remained armed in violation of the Moscow agreement and said more weapons would be acquired "We need an army just like Moldova- - he said Moldova says it has about 10000 soldiers Lt Victor Martirosov a 23- year-olpeacekeeper commanding a checkpoint in Bendery said: "Almost every house in Bendery has weapons in it As soon as we leave the war will erupt again" Pedestrians expressed anxiety about the future the pockmarked buildings and shattered windows of the town center bearing witness to the earlier fighting "Nothing is clear" said Anatoly Mardar an ethnic Romanian construction worker "My wife is an ethnic Russian and we will support any compromise But were not optimistic" Tamara Kirilchenko a ethnic Ukrainian said she "sees no future in Moldova" and plans to emigrate to Ukraine Many ethnic Romanians in say the war has not stopped outside the buffer zone charging they are victims of a terror campaign by Slays Although official figures have not been reported Moldovans say tens of thousands of Romanians may have fled the region About d ethNina Ilascu a nic Romanian from Tiraspol said she had been in hiding since her husband Ilie a Romanian activist was arrested by separatists three months ago "I cannot return to my home and am afraid for the life of my husband- - she said -- People who were active during the war have disappeared Everyone is scared" Stefan Uritu former head of the physics faculty of the State College of Tiraspol said he was forced to leave along with some 200 colleagues — about half the institution's staff "One day militiamen came and forced anyone not supporting - said Uritu work- INEWilIGRPE who now lives in a shelter in Kishinev with his wife and two children Its that way in many factories and other workplaces in lICH- N i FE i OF DAVID MINION ESTATE LIFE TIME NOTE: FREE HOT DOGS AND COFFEE I OPEN SATURDAY $799 1 2 hr COME TO THE SOURCE ST 1114 MI ''t4 oil t" : v t01'-- ) : - - Iriir-i- et--4Z- ' ' 4 1 tl t '44' ' '4 101 Zoom 400 line Ti Specialistsinc (av) SALT LAKE CITY UTAH l'i'-- It ::: V in 11 t- S999 261-425- 8 t Ct lux 1 ! 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