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Countries should be ready to cut energy usage by 30% if Russian supplies stop, the IEA says Europe will need to cut as much as 30% of its gas use by mid-February if flows from Russia are halted, the International Energy Agency’s (IEA) chief executive, Fatih Birol told Bloomberg on Tuesday.

Valery Gerasimov has addressed ways and means of coordination between Russian troops on the ground Russia’s Chief of General Staff has paid a visit to the country’s troops in Ukraine amid the ongoing military operation there, the ministry has confirmed in a statement.