Moldova, landlocked between Romania & Ukraine

Sentinel-1 CSAR IW acquired on 15 July 2021 from 04:12:41 to 04:13:31 UTC
Sentinel-1 CSAR IW acquired on 20 November 2021 from 15:52:42 to 15:53:32 UTC
Sentinel-2 MSI acquired on 21 March 2022 at 09:06:51 UTC
Sentinel-2 MSI acquired on 23 March 2022 at 08:56:29 UTC
Sentinel-1 CSAR IW acquired on 05 April 2022 from 04:12:41 to 04:13:31 UTC
Author(s): Sentinel Vision team, VisioTerra, France - svp@visioterra.fr
Keyword(s): Capital city, Moldavia, Ukraine, Romania
Fig. 1 - S1 (29.03.2022 & 05.04.2022) - Moldova is a country of 3 millions inhabitants at the eastern border of European Union.
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Fig. 2 - S1 (19 & 20.11.2021) - 40 km away from the Black Sea, Moldova is landlocked between Romania at SW and Ukraine on other sides.
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Fig. 3 - S2 (23.03.2022) - Lying in the middle of the country, Chișinău is the capital and largest city of Moldavia with over 500 000 inhabitants.
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Fig. 4 - S1 (14 & 15.07.2022) - At east of Moldavia, the province of Transnistria is on the eastern side of the Dnestr river.
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Fig. 5 - S2 (21 & 23.03.2022) - Since 1990, Transnistria separatists backed by Russia forces broke away from Moldova; the conflict remains frozen to this day.
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Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data 2024, processed by VisioTerra.
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