Moldova reports power cuts after Ukraine strikes

CHISINAU, Moldova (AFP) — Moldova said it was suffering from electricity outages on Tuesday as a result of Russian strikes on energy infrastructure in neighboring Ukraine and called on Moscow to stop its attacks.

“Every bomb falling on Ukraine is also affecting Moldova and our people. We call on Russia to stop the destruction now,” Foreign Minister Nicu Popescu wrote on Twitter.

The outages are just the latest example of how the war in Ukraine has spilled over the border of ex-Soviet Moldova, which like Ukraine has for years had Russian troops stationed in a breakaway region in its east.