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Nord Stream 2 is a 1,200-km-long
that runs under the Baltic Sea. Closing it is one of many
that Western nations have made against Russia. The United Kingdom announced the
of its sanctions after Mr Putin said
could enter the two rebel-held
of eastern Ukraine. The U.K. will freeze the
of five Russian banks and three Russian billionaires (who have also been given travel
). U.S. President Joe Biden has said the USA would announce sanctions
. Russia's Deputy Foreign Minister Andrei Rudenko said Russia was not planning to invade Ukraine. He told
: "No one is planning to send anything anywhere. If there is a threat, then we will provide
."
