Moldova recorded “massive power cuts across the country” on Tuesday after Russian military strikes on Ukraine’s energy infrastructure brought down a key power cable that supplies the country, an official said.
“Following the Russian bombing of the Ukrainian electricity production system, one of the electricity cables that ensures the power supply to our country was disconnected at the last minute”Moldovan Infrastructure Minister Andrei Spinu said in a statement.
“This has led to massive power cuts across the country,” he said.
Spinu noted that the downed power lines “were not damaged, but were turned off automatically as a safety precaution.”
According to the minister, the Moldelectrica supply company is working to restore the electricity and Moldovan citizens will be kept informed of the situation.
According to the Ukrainian Air Force, Russia, which launched an offensive in Ukraine on February 24 this year, today fired “about” 100 missiles at the power-generating infrastructure of several Ukrainian regions, knocking out electricity in much of the country. to hitting residential areas and killing at least one person in the Ukrainian capital Kyiv.
Source: DN
