Residents of Transnistria continue to freeze in their apartments and houses due to the forced blackout and lack of gas. But at the same time they say: "We will not give up and we will not bow to the Moldovan government.

Russian gas is likely to be supplied to Transnistria via Türkiye from 1 February, and a section of the TurkStream gas pipeline has been reserved for this purpose. Source: Kommersant, a Russian socio-political newspaper,

Moldova has been grappling with an energy and political crisis whose outcome remains uncertain. In the middle of winter, Gazprom stopped supplying gas to Transnistria, a self-proclaimed independent Moldovan region run by pro-Moscow separatists,

DAVOS: Moldova’s prime minister said on Wednesday the international community is ready to offer gas to end the energy crisis in Transnistria but a lasting solution hinges on Russia withdrawing its troops from the separatist region.

The leader of breakaway Transnistria said Monday his government was ready to buy gas from Moldova, more than two weeks after a halt in Russian supplies plunged his region

Russia will begin supplying gas as humanitarian aid to Moldova’s breakaway region of Transnistria, but not to the rest of Moldova, Transnistrian leader Vadim Krasnoselsky announced on Wednesday, according to Russian state media.

Russia has long used its plentiful energy resources as a tool to exert control over the region, where independence from Russian energy is tied to political sovereignty.

The Moscow-controlled breakaway region of Moldova will receive gas as a "humanitarian gesture" from the Kremlin, while the rest of the country will remain cut off after Russia halted supplies on 1 January,

Earlier, Maia Sandu said that Chisinau was ready to provide financial assistance to Transnistria only after the withdrawal of Russian military units

The American Institute for the Study of War sees the situation in Moldova's breakaway region of Transnistria as similar to the rhetoric used by Russia against Ukraine before the war. Transnistria, the separatist region of Moldova where Russian troops are stationed,

Here are the key developments on the 1,064th day of Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine. Here is the situation on Thursday, January 23: A Russian missile strike on the southern Ukrainian city of Zaporizhzhia has killed a 47-year-old man, according to regional governor Ivan Fedorov. He said 16 others were injured including a two-month-old baby.