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Breakaway Moldovan region cuts heating and hot water as Russia stops gas flow (www.theguardian.com)

submitted 1 week ago by [email protected] to c/world

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“There is no heating or hot water,” an employee of local energy company Tirasteploenergo said by phone from Tiraspol, Moldova’s main city. She said she did not know how long the situation would last.

Transnistria is a pro-Russian entity that split from the rest of Moldova after the Soviet Union collapsed in 1991. It was receiving Russian gas via Ukraine, but that supply route was halted on Wednesday with the expiry of a transit deal between the two warring countries.

A statement on the energy company’s website said the heating cuts took effect at 7am local time on Wednesday, but some facilities such as hospitals were exempt.

It urged residents to dress warmly, gather family members together in a single room, hang blankets or thick curtains over windows and balcony doors, and use electric heaters.

“It is forbidden to use gas or electric stoves to heat the apartment. This can lead to tragedy,” the company said.

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[–] [email protected] -2 points 1 week ago (1 children)

You just had to strawman me didn't you? I'll just tell you: Your attitude throughout this exchange was insufferable, and if you were talking to someone who doesn't know much about the Ukraine war you'd be pushing them away from whatever idea you were trying to convey.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Not strawman. Fell free again to explain why asking to stop the invasion is too much to ask in order to renew the agreement.

I'm not going to let your bad faith arguments go unchallenged, because I don't want people who don't know much to think what you say isn't BS. If you were to be open instead of tip toeing Russian apologies everybody would know to ignore you, but here we are.

[–] [email protected] -2 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Again, Ukraine's decision to stop the agreement was the right one and only a dumbass would say otherwise. That and the fact that Ukraine is the primary reason Transnistria isn't getting gas right now aren't contradictory in any way and your insistence that Ukraine didn't make a conscious decision to cut that gas is frankly immature.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 week ago

The agreement ended. Russia didn't renew. So no gas flows.

It's rather easy, frankly. I guess I've explained enough for those who don't know about the topic.