The head of a confederation of trade unions in Germany has sounded the alarm that the looming cut-off of Russian natural gas would cripple major industries in the European country.
Berlin has warned that Moscow could use this month’s regular maintenance to the Nord Stream I pipeline linking the nation to Russia’s vast gas reserves to ‘blockade’ all deliveries to Germany.
Fearing Russia might cut off natural gas supplies, the head of Germany s regulatory agency for energy is calling on residents to save energy and to prepare for winter, when use increases.
Russian forces pounded the city of Lysychansk and its surroundings in an all-out attempt to seize the last stronghold of resistance in eastern Ukraine s Luhansk province, the governor said Saturday. A presidential adviser said its fate would be decided within the next two days.