Russia is trying to use Transnistria again to destabilize Moldova. However, the country is ready to protect its security and cooperate with Ukraine to resolve the crisis, stated Moldovan President Maia Sandu at a press conference with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy.

( MENAFN - UkrinForm) Prime Minister of Ukraine Denys Shmyhal and President of Moldova Maia Sandu have discussed countering hybrid threats from Russia and developing economic partnership. Shmyhal wrote about the results of the meeting on Telegram , Ukrinform reports.

"This is a calculated strategy," Sandu stated during a joint briefing with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy in Kyiv on Jan. 25, as reported by news agency Ukrinform. “Russia seeks to create social and economic chaos,

In this photo provided by the Ukrainian Presidential Press Office, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, left, shakes hands with President of Moldova Maia Sandu in Kyiv, Ukraine, Saturday, Jan. 25,

The leader of Moldova's separatist Transdniestria region, gripped by power and heating cuts, said on Friday that gas reserves would be exhausted within days and urged the central government to end "artificial delays" and provide new supplies.

Tens of thousands of people in Transdniestria have been without gas or winter heating since Jan. 1 when Russia's Gazprom suspended gas exports to the region, citing an unpaid Moldovan debt of $709 million that Chisinau does not recognise as valid.

The crisis prompted a question: will the breakaway region, occupied by Russia since 1992, survive without Russian gas? Free-of-charge Russian gas had been the backbone of Transnistria's economy and ensured the preservation of the breakaway region and its de facto independence from Moldova.

Chairman of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine Ruslan Stefanchuk and President of Moldova Maia Sandu have met in Kyiv to discuss ways to strengthen inter-parliamentary cooperation and increase sanctions pressure on Russia.

Russia has long used its plentiful energy resources as a tool to exert control over the region, where independence from Russian energy is tied to political sovereignty.

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Moldova's pro-European central government said Russia caused the energy crisis and wants to portray itself as the power coming to the separatist region's rescue.

A group of American veterans and diplomats who served in Kyiv are teaming up with a Ukrainian winery owner to bring a taste of the Black Sea coast to a U.S. audience