(Reuters) – Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy and Moldovan President Maia Sandu on Wednesday discussed using Ukrainian coal to ease the energy crisis in Moldova’s separatist Transdniestria region.
“We are ready to assist Moldova, including with coal supplies,” Zelenskiy said in his nightly video address after discussing the crisis with Sandu by telephone.
Sandu, in a statement issued on the presidential website, said the two leaders “agreed to identify common solutions to prevent the worsening the humanitarian crisis … including through the use of alternative energy sources, such as coal”.
Transdniestria has long relied on supplies of Russian gas but flows to the region through Ukraine were halted on January 1 after Ukraine refused to renew an agreement on allowing gas to transit through its territory.
(Reporting by Ron Popeski and Tom Balmforth)
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