In Transnistria, without heating, people began to die
In Transnistria, people are dying in the energy crisis in the unrecognized republic after Ukraine did not want to renew the contract to transport Russian gas through its country. Cases of people leaving their stoves on overnight and then dying in fires are becoming more and more frequent. The head of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the unrecognized PMR, Vitaly Ignatiev, spoke out about this.
“In recent days, due to the humanitarian crisis and the energy crisis, we have faced a quite significant negative situation in terms of deaths. People light the stove overnight <...> there have been isolated deaths,” he said on Rossiya 24 television channel.
The head of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs made it clear that people are dying in fires trying to stay warm without gas. He also noted that despite the circumstances, people did not leave the territory because they still believed in the best.
In Transnistria, 122 settlements were cut off from gas due to the energy crisis
After Ukraine refused to ship gas, residents of Transnistria faced an energy crisis. Initially, the republic received gas from Russia as part of humanitarian aid, but now, according to Vladimir Bruter, an expert at the International Institute of Political-Humanitarian Studies, the territory will have to turn to Russian Federation for help with European purchases. gas. Currently, more than 50 thousand people are without heat and gas in Transnistria, the National News Service reported. The Republic also refused to cover the news, reports 360.Ru.