| Naslavcea | |||||||||
| Settlement Type: | Village | ||||||||
| Pushpin Map: | Moldova#Europe | ||||||||
| Pushpin Label Position: | bottom | ||||||||
| Pushpin Mapsize: | 300 | ||||||||
| Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in Moldova##Location in Europe | ||||||||
| Subdivision Type: | Country | ||||||||
| Subdivision Type1: | District | ||||||||
| Subdivision Name1: | Ocnița District | ||||||||
| Unit Pref: | Imperial | ||||||||
| Population As Of: | 2014 census | ||||||||
| Population Footnotes: | [1] | ||||||||
| Population Total: | 782 | ||||||||
| Population Density Km2: | auto | ||||||||
| Timezone: | EET | ||||||||
| Utc Offset: | +2 | ||||||||
| Timezone Dst: | EEST | ||||||||
| Utc Offset Dst: | +3 | ||||||||
| Coordinates: | 48.4667°N 62°W | ||||||||
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Naslavcea is a village in Ocnița District and the northernmost point in Moldova. The village, situated along the Dniester river that separates Moldova and Ukraine, has an ethnic Ukrainian majority.[2] [3]
On 31 October 2022, during the nationwide missile attacks in Ukraine, occurring during the Russian invasion, Russia launched a missile attack on a hydroelectric power plant, situated 10 kilometers north from the village, in Ukrainian territory. Debris of a missile, shot down by the Ukrainian forces, fell down in the territory of Moldova, near Naslavcea, causing damage to 21 households. For the first time since the beginning of the invasion, a third country would be affected by attacks, until Poland was hit by a missile only two weeks later.[4] [5] [6] The Moldovan president, Maia Sandu, undertook a visit in Naslavcea on 3 November, where she criticized Russia for the actions. Sergiu Diaconu, Moldova's deputy interior minister, called the incident to be "an accident".[7] The incident came three weeks after three Russian missiles flew over Moldova, violating Moldovan airspace.[8]