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US Secretary of State Antony Blinken condemns Russia's attacks on Ukraine's civilian infrastructure as "barbaric" after a meeting with NATO counterparts in Bucharest SOUNDBITE
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken accuses Russia of trying to make up for defeats on the battlefield in Ukraine by targeting the country's infrastructure, leaving civilians without vital services. "President (Vladimir) Putin seems to have decided that if he can't seize Ukraine by force, he will try to freeze it into submission," Blinken says after a meeting of the G7 group of wealthy nations' foreign ministers in Germany. SOUNDBITE
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken calls Russian President Vladimir Putin's claim of Western sabotage in the leaks of the Nord Stream gas pipelines "absurd" and "outrageous." SOUNDBITE
Images show the Nord Stream 1 pipeline, through which a third of Russian gas supplies passes to reach the EU. Closed since 11 July for a 10-day routine maintenance, Europeans fear that Moscow won't turn the tap back on Thursday 21 July. In previous weeks, Russia had already cut 60% of its gas deliveries via the pipeline. The 1,224-kilometre (760-mile) long Nord Stream 1 is a system of twin pipelines running under the Baltic Sea, stretching from Russia's Vyborg to Lubmin in northeastern Germany. From there, a network of pipelines transports the gas into the European grid. IMAGES of the pipeline Nord Stream 1
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken accuses Russia of committing war crimes by attacking civilians in Ukraine. "Intentionally targeting civilians is a war crime. After all the destruction of the past few weeks, I find it difficult to conclude that the Russians are doing otherwise," Blinken says. SOUNDBITE
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