Kyiv is referring to today as “historic” since it has stopped the flow of money to finance the full-scale invasion of Ukraine by refusing to prolong a transit arrangement with Russia’s Gazprom.
But the action could lead to a conflict in neighboring Moldova.
Transnistrian heat off
Only hospitals and vital infrastructure, not homes, were heated at the start of the year in Transnistria, a Moscow-aligned separatist territory in eastern Moldova.
“I checked and the hot water was on until around two in the morning. Dmitry called the BBC from his enclave apartment and said, “Now it’s off and the radiators are barely warm.”
“We still have gas, but the pressure is very low – just what’s left in the pipes.”
“It’s the same everywhere.”
