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Germany has announced it has closed the Nord Stream 2 pipeline that was
to transport
gas from Russia to Europe. It did this
of Russia's actions in Ukraine. Russian President Vladimir Putin recognised two breakaway
in eastern Ukraine as independent countries. President Putin claimed the Donetsk People's Republic and the Lugansk People's Republic were
nations. Germany's Chancellor Olaf Scholz said: "In light of the most
developments, we must reassess the
...regarding Nord Stream 2." He warned that Europe faced "difficult
," and that, "almost 80 years after the
of the Second World War, we might see a new
in Eastern Europe".
