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The clock is ticking on Europe's gas: barely 4 months to fill storage tanks before winter

With the Strait of Hormuz shut and storage only a third full, Europe has barely four months until Nov. 1  to refill its tanks before winter. And this year, for the first time since the 2022 crisis, the market alone will not do it. Across Europe, gas is pumped during spring and summer into vast underground reservoirs, mostly depleted gas fields, then drawn back out in winter as households turn up the heating. These stores are the continent's buffer against a cold snap or a sudden loss of supply.

Ukraine war latest: 'Serious destruction' — massive Russian missile, drone attack on Kyiv kills at least 27, injures over 90

Key developments on July 2: * 'Serious destruction' — massive Russian missile, drone attack on Kyiv kills at least 27, injures over 90; * Ukraine urgently appeals to nearly 40 allies for Patriot interceptors * Russia's overnight attack destroys around 800,000 Ukrainian books * Ukraine strikes major Russian oil refinery, railway bridge in Russian-occupied Luhansk Oblast, General Staff says * Ukraine's Brave1 signs first major Western defense industry partnership with Airbus Waves of Russia

About Oryol Oblast

Oryol Oblast is a federal subject of Russia, approximately 360 kilometers (224 miles) south of Moscow. Oryol Oblast covers 24,700 square kilometers (9,500 square miles) and has a population of around 730,000. Its administrative center is Oryol city. Ukrainian forces have conducted drone strikes on fuel depots and military facilities in Oryol Oblast since Russia's full-scale invasion began in February 2022.

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WARSAW, Poland — Walk into Milk Bar in central Warsaw, and you'll find the new face of the city's café scene. The lines are clean, the lighting deliberate, and the cakes arranged with gallery-like precision. Without an ear for accents, you might never guess that for its owners and staff, it is a second home, rebuilt after war in Ukraine and political repression in Belarus that forced many of them to start over in Poland. Anna Kozachenko launched the original Milk Bar in Kyiv 12 years ago. She

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