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Let's look at the news from Ukraine.
When a US-led consultative body of 40 countries was formed to support Ukraine's military, Russian President Putin warned that a third country would take a blitzkrieg in the Ukraine crisis.
Meanwhile, the EU criticized Russia for threatening to use energy as a weapon for stopping its gas supply.
Correspondent Lee Hyun-young.
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Russian President Vladimir Putin has hinted at the possibility of a military response to a third-country intervention in Ukraine.
In a speech to the city council members of St. Petersburg, Putin said he would "respond blitzfully to an external strategic threat".
[Vladimir Putin/ President
of Russia: If we pose an unacceptable strategic threat from the outside, we will respond immediately and quickly.]
He said he would visit the factory.
It is interpreted as a strategy to directly find defense companies and appeal to the Congress for additional budget allocation.
European countries criticized Russia's gas supply cessation as a 'threat' and expressed confidence in responding.
Poland and Bulgaria, which Russia has cut off gas supplies, also said they would not yield to pressure.
[Ursula von der Leyen/Chairman of the European Commission: It is not surprising that Russia uses fossil fuels to intimidate us.
The European Union has been prepared.]
UN Secretary-General Guterres, who went to Russia to meet President Putin, will arrive in Ukraine and meet with President Zelensky today (28th).