Transnistrian head asks UN for help to prevent a catastrophe in the region
President of the Transnistrian Moldovan Republic (TMR) Vadim Krasnoselsky has appealed to UN Secretary-General Antonio Gutterish with a request to provide assistance to prevent a humanitarian catastrophe due to the energy crisis. This was reported in the press service of the Foreign Ministry of the unrecognized republic on January 24.
"The DMR president appealed to the secretary-general and the chairman of the United Nations Security Council [currently Algeria] with a request to provide all possible assistance to end the fuel and energy crisis and prevent a humanitarian catastrophe in Transnistria," the Foreign Ministry said in a Telegram-channel message.
The ministry added that such letters were sent to Russian President Vladimir Putin, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, whose term of office expired on May 20, and US President Donald Trump, to the heads of state and government of some EU countries, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen, representatives of the participants in the international format "5+2", as well as the International Committee of the Red Cross.
On the same day, Krasnoselsky said that the situation in Transnistria against the backdrop of energy shortages remains difficult, with gas reserves sufficient for about two days. According to him, the temperature in some apartments has dropped to +10 degrees Celsius, and it is especially hard for people who need social support, including the elderly and the lonely.
On January 19, Moldovan President Maia Sandu said that she considers gas supplies from Russia to Transnistria illegal because they violate anti-Russian sanctions. She also linked the assistance to the DMR to the condition of withdrawal of Russian peacekeepers from there.
Gas supplies from Russia to Moldova and Transnistria stopped on January 1 due to Ukraine 's refusal to extend the agreement on transit through its territory and debts of the Moldovan side to Gazprom. In mid-January, it became known that Russia was ready to provide assistance to the DMR and start humanitarian gas supplies.
