Russia halts gas exports to Finland, says Mariupol steelworks siege has ended - Rappler

(3rd UPDATE) Capturing the Luhansk and Donetsk provinces, much of which make up Ukraine's industrial Donbas region, would allow Moscow to claim a victory after announcing last month that this was now its objective

KYIV, Ukraine Russia claimed victory in a months-long battle for Mariupol’s Avostal steel plant, taking it a step nearer to its goal of controlling Ukraine’s Donbas region, and halted gas exports to … [+5937 chars]

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