“Transnistria, a separatist region of Moldova, cut off heating and hot water supplies to households after gas supplies to Europe from Russia via Ukraine stopped.”, — write: epravda.com.ua
Transnistria, a separatist region of Moldova, cut off heating and hot water supplies to households after gas supplies to Europe from Russia via Ukraine stopped. This is reported by the Reuters agency. The interruption of the gas supply immediately affected the population of the region of about 450 thousand people, which separated from Moldova in the early 1990s during the collapse of the Soviet Union. About 1,500 Russian troops are stationed in the region. “There is no heating or hot water,” an employee of the local Tirasteploenergo energy company told Reuters by phone. According to her, she does not know how long this situation will last.Advertisement: Gas supplies were cut off early Wednesday morning after the gas transit agreement between warring neighbors Russia and Ukraine expired. The leader of Transnistria, Vadym Krasnoselskyi, said that the situation is “difficult, but in general we were ready.” He explained that the reason for the cessation of supply lies in the dispute regarding the payment of debts between Moldova and the Russian gas giant “Gazprom”. “Everything will be better. Think about yourself, your family, your loved ones,” added Krasnoselsky.Advertisement: The supply of Russian gas through Ukraine stopped after Kyiv refused to extend the transit agreement because of the war. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyi on Wednesday called the suspension of gas transit “one of Moscow’s biggest defeats.” He also emphasized that now it is “Europe’s joint task” to support Moldova “in this period of energy transformation”. We will remind: the authorities of Transnistria, a separatist region of Moldova, on December 29, 2024 cut off the supply of gas to several state institutions due to the termination of the agreement that allowed the transit of Russian gas through Ukraine. Russia’s Gazprom announced that it will stop gas supplies to Moldova’s Transnistria from January 1, 2025 due to “non-fulfillment of payment obligations.”