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Operational Group of Russian Forces

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The Operational Group of Russian Forces in Transnistria (OGRF; Romanian: Grupul Operativ al Trupelor Ruse din Transnistria, GOTR; Russian: Оперативная группа российских войск в Приднестровье, romanizedOperativnaya gruppa rossiyskikh voysk v Pridnestrovye, ОГРВ) is a sizable overseas military task force of the Russian Armed Forces. It provides around 350 soldiers to the Joint Control Commission (JCC) trilateral peacekeeping force.

1,500 soldiers of the military force are based at the former decommissioned Soviet-era ammunition depot at Cobasna, where it guards around 22,000 tons of military equipment and ammunition. The core of the OGRF consists of 70 to 100 Russian officers, with the rest being Transnistrian locals employed as soldiers.

The OGRF has no legal status in Moldova, and the Moldovan authorities have been demanding its withdrawal from the country for many years. Russia committed to withdrawing the OGRF at the 1999 Istanbul summit from Moldova's territory, but it has so far failed to honour that pledge.