Moldovan authorities said Saturday that the remains of a rocket �originating from Russia�s air attacks on Ukraine� was found by border officials in a northern village near the country�s border with war-torn Ukraine.

Moldova�s Interior Ministry said in a statement that the rocket debris was discovered in the village of Larga, in Briceni county, and that a bomb squad was deployed to the area, which was cordoned off.

The ministry didn�t specify when the rocket was fired or who fired it. Photographs of the debris posted on the ministry�s Facebook page show what appears to be a jumble of electrical wires and some of the rocket�s casing in the middle of a field.

Moldovan Prime Minister Natalia Gavrilita reacted on Saturday to the incident by condemning Russia�s latest attacks on Ukraine, and expressed her �indignation for the disrespect of the sovereignty of the Republic of Moldova� after its �airspace was overrun again today.�

�There is no political, historical and even more, moral justification for killing civilians and attacking the infrastructure that ensures the survival of a population,� she said.

It is the third such incident to have raised alarm in Moldova, which isn�t a member of the European Union or NATO. In late October, a Russian missile landed in the border town of Naslavcea, and last month missile debris was found in an orchard in another town close to the border with Ukraine.

Moldova�s Interior Ministry added in its statement that it has bolstered border patrols in response to the conflict in neighboring Ukraine.

(AP)