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Power was restored to most parts of Moldova on Wednesday, hours after Russian missile strikes on neighbouring Ukraine caused blackouts across half of the small impoverished country, officials said.
Most Moldovan power supplies restored after Russian strikes on Ukraine
CHISINAU, Nov 23 (Reuters) – Power was restored to most
parts of Moldova on Wednesday, hours after Russian missile
strikes on neighbouring Ukraine caused blackouts across half of
the small impoverished country, officials said.
Deputy Prime Minister Andrei Spinu, who had earlier reported
a “massive blackout”, said in a statement that all power had
been restored to the north of Moldova. Premier Energy, a
Moldovan company that serves the centre and the south, said 90%
of the electricity supply was back on line.
Officials in the breakaway Russian-backed region of
Transdniestria also said power was back up.
Moldova is one of Europe’s poorest countries and has the
highest per-capita intake of Ukrainian refugees. It shares a
border with Ukraine, a fellow ex-Soviet state, and is connected
to its power grid.
