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Russian President Vladimir Putin has cited the issue as a reason for his actions in Ukraine, which has also expressed a desire to eventually join the alliance. “The occupying forces moved to the defence in order to slowdown the pace of the offensive of our troops,” it said. “The settlement of Pytomnyk … was liberated.”
The Kremlin calls its actions in Ukraine a “special military operation” to demilitarise a neighbour threatening its security.Ukraine says it poses no threat and that the deaths of thousands of civilians and destruction of towns and cities show that Russia is waging a war of conquest.Wednesday’s move by Ukraine to cut off Russian gas supplies through territory held by Russian-backed separatists was the first time the conflict has directly disrupted shipments to Europe.
oscow has also imposed sanctions on the owner of the Polish part of the Yamal pipeline that carries Russian gas to Europe,as well as Gazprom’s former German unit, whose subsidiaries service Europe’s gas consumption.
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