European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen accused Russia of trying to “blackmail” the bloc with gas, after Russian energy giant Gazprom halted supplies to Poland and Bulgaria.
As heavy fighting continues in eastern Ukraine, tensions are also rising in neighboring Moldova after a series of unexplained explosions in theKherson referendum:, located in southern Ukraine, ahead of what Ukrainian leaders have called a sham referendum staged by Russia.
In Transnistria, a breakaway territory in Moldova that isn't recognized internationally, there was a rocket attack on Monday and unexplained explosions on Tuesday -- leading the Moldovan president to call an emergency meeting of the country's security council.Russian energy giant Gazprom will shut off gas supplies to both Bulgaria and Poland's state-owned gas companies after the two countries refused to pay in rubles.
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