Russia cuts off gas to Finland amid wider push into Ukraine’s east
BUCHA, Ukraine — Russian troops continued their offensive into the Donbas region on Saturday, aiming to encircle the easternmost point of Ukrainian control in what one official said would be a repeat of Moscow’s assault on the beleaguered city of Mariupol.
Meanwhile, Moscow cut off natural gas exports to Finland and the Russian defense ministry said it destroyed a consignment of U.S.- and European-supplied weapons meant for Ukrainian fighters in the Donbas.
On Saturday, Luhansk Gov. Serhiy Haidai said Russian troops were throwing “all their forces and efforts” into assaulting Severodonetsk in
