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Germany has closed the Nord Stream 2 pipeline that was made to transport 
 from Russia to Europe. This is because of Russia's 
 in Ukraine. President Vladimir Putin recognised two regions in 
 Ukraine as 
 countries. He said the Donetsk and Lugansk People's Republics were separate 
. Germany's leader said: "In 
 of the most 
 developments, we must reassess the 
." He warned that Europe faced "difficult 
," and that, "almost 80 years after the end of the Second World War, we might see a new 
 in...Europe".