Russian gas shutdown could be 'catastrophic' for Europe
A member of the Ukrainian military holds a periscope and climbs down from a lookout point in a defensive front line position. Thursday, January 27, 2022, near Shyrokyne, Ukraine. Photograph by Timothy Fadek/Redux

Russian gas shutdown could be 'catastrophic' for Europe

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy speaks with U.S. President Joe Biden over the telephone in his office in Kyiv, Ukraine, on Friday. (Ukrainian Presidential Press Office/AP)

The Biden administration is taking the reins in the tense standoff between Russia and Ukraine, coordinating the response to Moscow’s threatening maneuvers in Eastern Europe alongside his European Union counterparts with all the urgency of a Cold War-era crisis.

In the latest sign of that urgency, US President Joe Biden held a “long and frank” phone call with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on Thursday,…

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