Transnistria recorded cases of deaths due to energy crisis
Cases of people trying to warm themselves as a result of the energy crisis have been recorded in Transnistria. This was reported by Transnistrian Foreign Minister Vitaly Ignatiev on January 9.
"Unfortunately, I would like to note that in recent days we have a rather negative situation with fatalities due to the humanitarian and energy crisis. People who stoke stoves leave them on overnight. There are gas columns, carbon monoxide. There are already individual fatalities," he said on air of the TV channel "Russia-24".
The Foreign Minister added that it is impossible to increase electricity generation in the republic without gas supplies, which is why Transnistria continues to consider Russia as a gas supplier.
He also noted that there are technical possibilities of gas supplies via Turkey and the Balkans, but this requires political decisions.
Earlier, on January 8, First Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Economic Development of the unrecognized Transnistrian Moldovan Republic (TMR) Sergei Obolonik said that Transnistria is in a state of not only energy but also humanitarian crisis.
In the DMR, from January 7 , fan blackouts will be carried out twice a day for four hours. Residents of the region told Izvestia about adapting to life without gas.
On January 1, 2025, Gazprom stopped supplying fuel to Europe through the Ukrainian gas transportation system. The state corporation noted that this happened due to Ukraine's refusal to extend the agreements. After that, on January 3, DMR President Krasnoselsky said that 1.5 thousand high-rise and 72 thousand private houses in Transnistria were left without heat and gas.
Back in August 2024, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky (his term of office expired in May 2024) said that Kiev would not extend the gas transit agreement with Russia. Russian President Vladimir Putin pointed out that Moscow was not giving up gas supplies through Ukrainian territory.
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