Moldova launches a new electricity power line connecting it to Romania, announced by President Maia Sandu. Outlets describe the connection as a step toward lowering Moldova’s dependence on Russian energy supplies, and they place the launch in the wider effort to add additional links.

Al Jazeera, Ukrainska Pravda, and Nasha Niva all frame the move around reducing reliance on Russia, including a claim reported by Ukrainska Pravda that Moldova stops buying Russian gas. Ukrainska Pravda additionally says the project runs from Vulcănești to Chișinău. Al Jazeera and Ukrainska Pravda both add that further Romania-linked power lines are planned, with Sandu saying “two more” are on the way.

Nasha Niva emphasizes that the Romanian link is built in a way that bypasses unrecognized Transnistria, highlighting the geographic and political dimension of the infrastructure route compared with other outlets’ focus on energy diversification and future interconnections.