Russia has shut off its vital natural gas taps to NATO members Bulgaria and Poland, demanding the countries start paying for the energy in rubles instead of euros. Redmond Shannon explains how Europe is describing the move, the scramble for an alternative, which country fears it could be cut off next, and the mission to save the Ukrainian troops and civilians holed up inside the Azovstal steel plant in Mariupol.
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