our retaliation, our counter strike, will be instantaneous. we have all the necessary instruments, ones that no one else can boast of. all the decisions on this have already been taken. across town, another decision announced. state energy giant gazprom had shut off gas supplies to poland and bulgaria, an escalation condemned across europe. the european union has accused russia of using gas as an instrument of blackmail. it said that was unjustified and unacceptable. but russia is unrepentant. in fact, the speaker of parliament here said, good, let s cut off the gas now to all countries who are hostile to russia.
of russia s offensive in ukraine. from him, a warning to ukraine s western allies. translation: if anyone from the outside intends to interfere in what s happening, then they should know this if they create threats for us, threats of a strategic nature, our retaliation, our counter strike, will be instantaneous. we have all the necessary instruments, ones that no one else can boast of. all the decisions on this have already been taken. across town, another decision announced. state energy giant gazprom had shut off gas supplies to poland and bulgaria, an escalation condemned across europe. the european union has accused russia of using gas as an instrument of blackmail. it said that was unjustified and unacceptable. but russia is unrepentant. in fact, the speaker of parliament here said, good, let s cut off the gas
this teacher says. we have had no choice but to close the school. others who live nearby speak of feeling trapped. translation: i m not able to breathe, - and my eyes are burning. we are helpless, but what can we do? we cannot leave our homes and go anywhere else. it is thought the fire at this landfill site was sparked by india s stifling temperatures in recent weeks. the country has already experienced its hottest march since records began, more than 120 years ago. a month later, the heat shows no sign of letting up. large parts of the country are sweltering, as temperatures reach the mid 40s celsius, more than 110 fahrenheit, on a daily basis. some forecasters have predicted temperatures in delhi could reach a record breaking 46 celsius this week. authorities have issued an alert, and asked vulnerable people to avoid the outdoors. the prime minister, narendra modi, seen here greeting eu leaders in delhi earlier this week,
that they are pushing for, so if we are going to see further destabilisation, it will come from low level covert things rather than military assaults. and there are various layers here. there is crimea, which russia annexed in 2014. it s fighting over areas like mariupol, fighting for the liberation of donetsk and luhansk, as it says. how does it play into this for ukraine? moldova is one of these post soviet republics which is in the in between area, the area between the nato members, eu members which have made it into those western alliances, and russia. there are six states which fall into that category. moldova, georgia, ukraine. again, there is a very real possibility here that they would like to see moldova somewhat destabilised, would like to see conflict on its territory but again,
steve rosenberg, bbc news, st petersburg. despite president putin s warning to the west, britain s foreign secretary, liz truss, has said western allies must double down in their support for ukraine. in the clearest indication yet of the uk s aims for the conflict, she said russian forces must be pushed out of the whole of ukraine. we can t be complacent. the fate of ukraine hangs in the balance. but let s be clear. if putin succeeds, there will be untold further misery across europe and terrible consequences across the globe. we would never feel safe again. so we must be prepared for the long haul. we ve got to double down on our support for ukraine and we must follow through on the unity that we ve shown in the crisis. the us accused moscow of using its natural gas supplies as a weapon.