Zelenskyy hails ‘one of Moscow’s biggest defeats’ as end of deal brings power cuts in breakaway Moldovan regionRussian gas has stopped flowing to Europe via Ukraine, ending a major energy route that goes back to Soviet times and had even survived three years of full-scale war between the two states.Ukraine cut off the transit route after an agreement signed in 2019 expired in the early hours of New Year’s Day, marking a new milestone in Europe weaning itself off Russian gas supplies over the past few years, and prompting immediate power cuts for hundreds of thousand of people in a breakaway region of Moldova. Continue reading…
Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/jan/01/breakaway-moldovan-region-cuts-heating-and-hot-water-as-russia-stops-gas-flow
Author : Shaun Walker Central and eastern Europe correspondent
Publish date : 2025-01-01 17:54:00
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Russian gas flows to Europe via Ukraine cease as transit agreement expires
