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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.
Ukraine kept his agreement with Russia even when Russia has been invading then for three
daysyears.I’m sure that’s much more than you could expect from Russia.
I mean probably yeah. That’s also not really my point here (and let’s face it; they kept that agreement to not anger the EU not for its own sake).
Please state your point openly then. It seems you only want to throw shade at Ukraine, not at the invaders and their allies
My point is: The reason Transnistria isn’t getting gas is because Ukraine cut off the gas. I’m not trying to make any deep point, just finding the whole “why would Putin leave his own subjects withour water?!” thing weird. Putin’s Russia has done many horrible things, but if we start making things up it stops being discussion and becomes a circlejerk.
Russia didn’t renew the agreement with ukraine. If I don’t pay UPS and my nephew doesn’t get his present I don’t blame UPS. Should I blame the judge if one of my employees goes to jail for rape, because my customers are impacted?
On the other hand, why should Ukraine allow Russia to keep using their territory to make business?
If Russia won’t consider their allies, why should anybody else?
They absolutely shouldn’t, but that doesn’t change the reality of the situation. If I’m asked “why does Transnistria not getting gas” I’m gonna say “because Ukraine cut it off”. If after that I’m asked “should they be blamed for it” I’d say “absolutely not”. These two realities can exist simultaneously; they’re not mutually exclusive.
The reality is Russia didn’t renew the agreement. They decided to stop the delivery. They decided to screw their allies, who knew when the agreement was going to expire.
To put it any other way is excusing Russia and Transnistria for their fuckup. Refer to my previous examples if you want.
I mean there the question becomes: Could Russia renew the agreement? And the answer for that is “not while continuing the war at least”, because like you said there’s no reason for Ukraine to allow the people invading them to make money using their territories.
So there’s a way to renew the agreement, but Russia values more their imperialistic dreams than their allies.
If you’re arguing that committing genocide shouldn’t have consequences on the other hand…