Moldova started transporting EU-funded gas to the pro-Russian, breakaway region of Transnistria, hit by an unprecedented energy crisis, the government said Saturday. Russian state energy giant Gazprom halted gas supplies to Transnistria on January 1 over a debt dispute with the pro-EU Moldovan government,

Moldova will supply 3 million cubic meters of gas to the Russian-occupied Transnistria region on February 1, under an agreement signed earlier in the week, Reuters reported. Moldovagaz head Vadim Cheban stated that the gas will be delivered as a loan,

Moldova on Wednesday signed a loan deal with its breakaway Transnistria region to supply 3 million cubic meters of gas amid an energy crisis stemming from Ukraine’s decision not to renew a deal on the transit of Russian gas to Europe earlier this month.

Moldova is ready to provide financial assistance to Transnistria (PMR), but only after the army of the aggressor country, russia, leaves the territory of the