Ukraine. The National Committee for Emergency Situations in Bucharest adopted on Saturday two decisions regarding the granting of free assistance for Ukraine, as well as the allocation from the state reserves of some food products for the Ukrainian refugees in Romania. Romania will send to Ukraine surgical masks, visors and coveralls, as a significant number of medical units were destroyed there, and lots of medicines and medical equipment were lost. According to the General Inspectorate of the Border Police, the number of Ukrainian citizens who entered Romania on Friday increased slightly compared to the previous day. In 24 hours, at national level, 8,823 Ukrainians entered through the border crossing points. Since the start of the Russian invasion in the neighboring state, on February 24, over 985 thousand refugees have entered the country. Of these, only 4,349 applied for asylum in Romania. Currently, the occupancy rate of the accommodation centers of the General Inspectorate for Immigration is almost 45%.
Gazprom. The Russian energy corporation Gazprom announced today that it has stopped supplying natural gas to Finland due to the refusal of the Finnish system operator to pay in rubles. The Finnish company, on the other hand, has stated that it can obtain gas from other suppliers so that it could continue to operate normally. We recall that Gazprom asked European customers to pay in rubles for Russian gas, following the sanctions imposed on Moscow for invading Ukraine. In late April, the Russian giant shut down gas supplies to both Poland and Bulgaria. On Thursday, Russian Deputy Prime Minister Alexander Novak said that half of Gazprom’s 54 client companies had opened ruble accounts with Gazprombank.
Refugees. According to the General Inspectorate of the Border Police, the number of Ukrainian citizens who entered Romania on Friday increased slightly compared to the previous day. In 24 hours, at national level, 8,823 Ukrainians entered through the border crossing points. Since the start of the Russian invasion in the neighboring state, on February 24, over 985 thousand refugees have entered the country. Of these, only 4,349 applied for asylum in Romania. Currently, the occupancy rate of the accommodation centers of the General Inspectorate for Immigration is almost 45%.
