Russia severs natural gas supplies for two NATO nations, escalating standoff with the West

Russia severs natural gas supplies for two NATO nations, escalating standoff with the West

More than two months into Russia’s war in Ukraine Vladimir Putin on Wednesday trained his sights on Europe’s reliance on Russian energy. Moscow cut off supplies of natural gas to Poland and Bulgaria, two of the many European countries that rely on Russian energy. It comes a day after the U.S. and European allies agreed to step up military aid to Ukraine. Nick Schifrin reports.

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