🇷🇴🇲🇩 Romania pledges to cover the energy bills of Moldova "any time and no matter the cost".

This pledge was announced by the Romanian ministry of energy in its Energy Strategy 2025-2035. The document approved by the Romanian government views the energy security of the Republic of Moldova as "tied" to the energy security of Romania and Romania thus must be prepared to provide this energy to Moldova.

With increased Russian attacks on Ukrainian power stations, blackouts in across Ukrainian oblasts tend to have repercussions in Moldova as well as the power grids are connected, a legacy of the USSR.

One such blackout affected Moldova on December 8th. Moldovan authorities requested emergency power from Bucharest which sent it free of charge.

Moldova views interconnectivity with Romania as a vital step of its integration into the European Union and is currently building a 400 kV transmission line from the border city of Vulcănești to the capital, Chișinău. Vulcănești is already connected to the Romanian power grid via another transmission line to the town of Isaccea.

Another transmission line planned in the future will link the city of Bălți, Moldova's 2nd largest city, with Suceava in Romania. These overhead power lines will tie the power grids of Romania and Moldova and perhaps most importantly, remove Chișinău's dependence on the electric energy produced in Transnistrian power plants, which will give Moldova a lot of leverage in negotiations with the breakaway region for a peaceful settlement.

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🇹🇭❌🇰🇭 — Thai troops from the 112th Mechanized Infantry Brigade, supported by M1126 Stryker infantry fighting vehicles, advancing on the border as they push into Cambodian border villages.