Putin’s gas threat as Ukraine, West dismiss de-escalation claim

KYIV, 02 April 2022, (TON): Russia threatened Thursday to turn off its gas taps to Europe, opening up a new front in its war in Ukraine amid growing scepticism over Moscow s claim it is scaling back its onslaught.

Over a month into Russia s invasion of its neighbour, Vladimir Putin s troops have devastated cities like Mariupol with shelling, killing at least 5,000 people in the port city alone.

But they have struggled to take any significant territory.

Moscow insisted things were going to plan as it said this week it would scale back attacks on capital Kyiv and the northern city of Chernigiv.

But Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has dismissed the promise as a red herring, and US President Joe Biden said he was sceptical.

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