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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, 2025. (Ukrainian Presidential Press Office via AP)

US has not stopped military aid to Ukraine, Zelenskyy says

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy says the U.S. has not stopped military aid to Ukraine after newly sworn in U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio announced he would pause foreign aid grants for 90 days.

Retired teacher Vasile Donici speaks during an interview with the Associated Press, backdropped by firewood stock in Copanca, Moldova, Wednesday, Jan. 8, 2025. (AP Photo)

Moldovans grapple with outages as energy crisis grips pro-Russia region

Men stand next to pipelines of the national natural gas distribution network outside Ungheni, Moldova, March 4, 2015. (AP Photo/Aurel Obreja, File)

‘No heating, no light': Moldovans fear looming energy shortage as Russia halts gas supplies

MK Party supporters celebrate in the middle of the street in Mahlbnathini village in rural KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa, on Thursday May 30, 2024. MK Party is currently leading in the provincial poll against the ANC, who've held the stronghold in the province for the last 20 years. (AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti)

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A worker sits on his water tank truck next to the business tower Lakhta Centre, the headquarters of Russian gas monopoly Gazprom in St. Petersburg, Russia, April 27, 2022. (AP Photo/Dmitri Lovetsky, File)

Russia’s Gazprom says it will halt gas supplies to Moldova starting Jan. 1

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Thousands without heating and hot water after Russia halts gas supplies to Moldova region

Hundreds of thousands of people have been left without heating and hot water after Russia halted gas supplies to the region on Jan. 1, over an alleged $709 million debt for past supplies.

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Incumbent Maia Sandu wins second term as Moldovan president in runoff marred by interference claims

Moldovans vote in presidential runoff that pits pro-western Sandu against Russia-friendly opponent

Moldovans cast ballots in two key votes

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Russian drones crash in Moldova and Romania as airspace violations are reported overnight

Men stand next to pipelines of the national natural gas distribution network outside Ungheni, Moldova, March 4, 2015. (AP Photo/Aurel Obreja)

Moldova declares a state of emergency over energy as fears of Russian gas shortage loom

A woman walks by graffiti done in 2016 by Moldovan artists celebrating 25 years since the country declared its independence from the Soviet Union, in Chisinau, Moldova, Monday, Nov. 4, 2024. (AP Photo/Vadim Ghirda)

Moldova’s diaspora tipped the scales in a pivotal election. Critics question the vote’s validity

Moldova's President Maia Sandu celebrates with supporters as preliminary results are announced for the presidential election runoff in Chisinau, Moldova, Sunday, Nov. 3, 2024. (AP Photo/Vadim Ghirda)

Moldova’s pro-Western president wins 2nd term in runoff overshadowed by Russian meddling claims

Moldova's President Maia Sandu leaves after delivering a speech during a press briefing after the polls closed for the presidential election and the referendum on whether to enshrine in the Constitution the country's path to European Union membership, in Chisinau, Moldova, early Monday, Oct. 21, 2024. (AP Photo/Vadim Ghirda)

Moldovan president appears set to win 1st round of presidential race, but EU vote could be rejected

Moldova's President Maia Sandu speaks to people in Magdacesti, Moldova, Thursday, Oct. 17, 2024, as she seeks a second term in office ahead of a presidential election and a referendum of whether to enshrine in Moldova's Constitution its path to European Union membership taking place on Oct.20. (AP Photo/Vadim Ghirda)

EU candidate Moldova to hold two pivotal votes as officials denounce Russian ‘hybrid attacks’

A woman holds a banner showing the country's president, Maia Sandu, that reads "Moldova without PAS and Sandu" during a protest against the governing Party of Action and Solidarity (PAS) called for early elections and for President Maia Sandu to step down, in Chisinau, Moldova, Thursday, Feb. 1, 2024. Several thousand people from the Russia-friendly Revival Party protested in front of Moldova's parliament building on Thursday to demand the resignation of the pro-Western government. (AP Photo/Aurel Obreja)

Thousands from Russia-friendly party join anti-government protest in Moldova’s capital

A woman holds her child waving a national flag as they celebrate Georgia's EU candidacy at Liberty Square in Tbilisi, Georgia, on Friday, Dec. 15, 2023. Several thousand people attend a march in support of Georgia's EU candidacy. European Union flags waved across Georgia Friday after the European Council took a step forward along the long road towards granting Georgia and Moldova as EU membership. (AP Photo/Zurab Tsertsvadze)

Moldova and Georgia celebrate as their aspirations for EU membership take crucial steps forward

FILE - Austrian President Alexander Van der Bellen arrives at the media center Niederoesterreich after hearing first results of the Austrian Presidential election in Vienna, Austria, Sunday, Oct. 9, 2022. Austrian President Alexander van der Bellen had an unusual encounter on an official visit to Moldova on Friday, Nov. 17, 2023 when he was bitten by the country’s first dog, a rescue belonging to Moldovan President Maia Sandu. (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber, File)

Moldova’s first dog nips Austrian president on the hand during official visit