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Breakaway Moldovan region cuts heating, hot water
Russia's gas transit to Europe via Ukraine stopped yesterday, Moscow and Kyiv said, ending a decades-long arrangement and marking the latest casualty of the war between the neighbours.
Russian gas has been supplied to Europe via pipelines crossing Ukraine since the end of the Soviet Union in 1991 in an arrangement that earned revenues for Moscow from the gas and for Kyiv from the transit fees.
The latest transit contract expired yesterday, with Ukraine opting not to extend the deal following Russia's 2022 invasion.
The breakaway Moldovan region of Transdniestria cut heating and hot water supplies to households, and Chisinau has introduced a state of emergency over possible power supplies.
Kyiv hailed the end of Russian gas transit as a "historic event," and said it would deal a blow to Russia's finances and its war machine.
Russia's gas transit to Europe via Ukraine stopped yesterday, Moscow and Kyiv said, ending a decades-long arrangement and marking the latest casualty of the war between the neighbours.
Russian gas has been supplied to Europe via pipelines crossing Ukraine since the end of the Soviet Union in 1991 in an arrangement that earned revenues for Moscow from the gas and for Kyiv from the transit fees.
The latest transit contract expired yesterday, with Ukraine opting not to extend the deal following Russia's 2022 invasion.
The breakaway Moldovan region of Transdniestria cut heating and hot water supplies to households, and Chisinau has introduced a state of emergency over possible power supplies.
Kyiv hailed the end of Russian gas transit as a "historic event," and said it would deal a blow to Russia's finances and its war machine.