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Asharq Al-Awsat
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EU Defies Gas 'Blackmail' as Russia Pushes Deeper into Ukraine

Anatolii Matukha, 70, stands outside his house, which he says was destroyed by shelling, in Yahidne, in Ukraine's Chernihiv region, on April 27, 2022. PHOTO: REUTERS

The European Union has warned Russia it will not bend to "blackmail" over its support for Kyiv after the Kremlin cut off gas supplies to Bulgaria and Poland.

The warning on Wednesday came ahead of UN chief Antonio Guterres arriving in Kyiv to meet Ukrainian leader Volodymyr Zelensky following talks with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Moscow, AFP said.

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