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Old 05-02-22, 05:47 AM   #3592
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EU remains unable to agree on ending supplies of Russian gas, Germany's economy minister says.

Ministers are due to have emergency talks, but Hungary has made it clear it will block consensus.

Revenues from the supplies - millions of euros a day - are used to fund Russia's war in Ukraine.

Some 100 people evacuated from a besieged steel plant in the southern city of Mariupol are due to arrive in Ukraine-held areas.

Hundreds more civilians remain trapped there and President Zelensky has said he hopes further evacuations can take place.

The evacuees, who had been sheltering there with fighters for weeks.

One evacuee from the plant describes her fear and says she has not seen sunlight for two months.

A BBC correspondent in Ukraine's eastern Donbas region, where Russia is focusing its offensive, says Moscow's troops are advancing slowly.
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