Ukraine to help Moldova amid worsening energy crisis
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Ukraine to help Moldova amid worsening energy crisis

Kyiv and Chisinau are working together to find solutions to the ongoing energy crisis in Moldova, President Volodymyr Zelensky and Moldovan President Maia Sandu announced on Jan. 8. The Russian state energy company Gazprom cut off gas supplies to Moldova on Jan. 1, triggering widespread power outages and heating failures in the Russian-occupied Transnistria region. […]
Moldova approves 10-year defense strategy amid tensions with Russia
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Moldova approves 10-year defense strategy amid tensions with Russia

Moldova’s parliament, dominated by pro-Western lawmakers, approved a 10-year defense strategy on Dec. 26 aimed at boosting defense spending as part of its efforts to join the European Union. Defense Minister Anatolie Nosatii presented the strategy, which seeks to raise spending to 1% of the country’s gross domestic product (GDP) by 2030. "The first step […]
Ukrainian airline SkyUp launches flights from Moldova in April 2025
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Ukrainian airline SkyUp launches flights from Moldova in April 2025

Ukrainian airline SkyUp Airlines announced on Dec. 11 the launch of a program of direct scheduled flights from Chisinau, Moldova to several European destinations, according to the company's statement. Ukraine's airspace has been entirely closed since the start of the full-scale invasion began. Ukrainians traveling abroad must use road or rail to reach neighboring countries […]
Ukraine hits Russian base storing Shahed drones in Krasnodar Krai,
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2 Russian drone found in Moldova ‘endangering Moldovan lives,’ official says

Moldovan authoroties found two Russian drones in the the Kaushan and Rishkan districts. "Two Russian decoy drones—used to mislead Ukrainian air defenses—crashed in Moldova today, endangering Moldovan lives and violating our airspace," Mihai Popsoi, Moldova's Foreign Ministry, said on X on Nov. 10. "We firmly condemn these aggressive incursions and reiterate our condemnation of Russia’s […]