In Moldova, a neighboring country of Ukraine, the situation experienced on November 15 was repeated yesterday. The capital, Chisinau, and most of the territory, with 2.5 million inhabitants, automatically suffered a blackout for safety reasons. The Moldovan network is connected to the Ukrainian one – through the secessionist region of Transnistria – but also to that of Romania, from which it receives the bulk of its electricity supply due to the bombings in Ukraine.
Moldovan President Maia Sandu stated that “we cannot trust a regime that leaves us in the dark and cold (…) As difficult as it is now, our only path, the future path of the Republic of Moldova, must stay towards the free world”. Moldova faces a new Russian threat over gas supplies, which have been shrinking, while the Russian company Gazprom says that not everything reaches Moldova, an allusion to the fact that Ukraine is the transit country. In Moldova, a neighboring country of Ukraine, the situation experienced on November 15 was repeated. The capital, Chisinau, and most of the territory, with 2.5 million inhabitants, automatically suffered a blackout for safety reasons. The Moldovan network is connected to the Ukrainian one – through the secessionist region of Transnistria – but also to that of Romania, from which it receives the bulk of its electricity supply due to the bombings in Ukraine.
The country is dependent on Russian gas and its power grid is connected to Ukraine.
European Parliament President Roberta Metsola (left) and Moldovan President Maia Sandu (right) pictured from their meeting in Chisinau on November 11.
Last Monday, Sandu said in Paris that “this war is endangering the supply of electricity and gas. We are not sure if we will have enough to heat and light our homes.”
Some fifty countries and institutions met in Paris that Monday, sponsored by France, Germany and Romania, to raise more than one hundred million euros in aid for Moldova, which would be added to the 250 million promised by the EU at the beginning of the month. . President Sandu alluded to the campaign against her that she suffers continuously from pro-Kremlin groups, stating that it is a “hybrid war” against Moldova.
