CHISINAU, February 3. /TASS/. Gas volumes Transnistria has received as part of the EU aid will last only 10 days, the republic’s President Vadim Krasnoselsky said at a meeting of the operational headquarters.

"There is a huge amount of work ahead of us - this gas will last for 10 days. We need to conclude contracts with the companies that will supply us with gas. We will pay for it from the loan provided by the Russian Federation. This is also a difficult issue. We need to be constantly working so that we smoothly move to the next stage of heat supply to Transnistria," Krasnoselsky said.

He stressed that "the energy crisis was accompanied by a heat of political turbulence around Transnistria," expressing regret that "it was not possible to resolve it in a calm environment".

First gas volumes began to flow to Transnistria in the afternoon of February 1. The gas was purchased with an EU grant of 20 million euros. It was noted that this would be enough for 10 days of consumption by the private sector and small businesses. After this period, it is expected that the agreements between the Transnistrian leadership, Russia and Hungary on long-term gas supplies should be implemented.

A state of emergency has been in effect in Moldova and Transnistria due to the termination of Russian gas transit through Ukraine starting on January 1. In Transnistria, central heating and hot water supply to residential buildings were turned off and industrial enterprises were shut down in order to save resources. The Moldovan State District Power Plant, which is located on the left bank of the Dniester and provided 80% of Moldova's electricity needs, was converted to coal.