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Blinken: Putin weaponizing energy 'as Russia falls short of its battlefield aims'

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At a joint press conference with NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg on Sept. 9, U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken said "Putin is betting that the Kremlin can bully other countries into submission," but that he has "already lost that bet." Blinken also said U.S. support for Ukraine is “unwavering” and the U.S. will do everything in its power to help Europe with high energy costs this winter.

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The Kyiv Independent staff documented what it feels like to live and sleep in Kyiv, Ukraine, as Russia intensifies its drone and missile attacks on the city. Filmed over several weeks in June and July, our journalists take shelter in bathrooms, basements, and parking garages as explosions ring out overhead.

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