Diplomats are drumming up money and other support Monday for Europe’s poorest country, Moldova.
A power station on the outskirts of Chisinau, Moldova, on Nov. 16, 2022. Massive power blackouts that temporarily hit more than a half-dozen cities across Moldova this week following Russia's heavy bombardment of Ukraine have spotlighted the critical impact Moscow's war is having on energy security in Moldova, Ukraine's neighbor, which is already grappling with a series of acute crises.
Broad blackouts temporarily hit more than a half-dozen Moldovan cities last week as the Russian military pounded infrastructure targets across Ukraine. Moldova’s Soviet-era energy systems remain interconnected Ukraine, which is why the Russian missile barrage triggered the automatic shutdown of a supply line.
Earlier this month, the European Union pledged 250 million euros to help Moldova after Russia halved its natural gas supply. Moldova's energy crisis worsened when Transnistria — a Moscow-backed separatist region of Moldova with a key power plant — also cut electricity to other parts of the country.
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