MOSCOW: A defiant Russia said on Wednesday (Thursday in Manila) that Western sanctions over Ukraine would backfire on the United States and lead to energy price hikes in Europe, after Brussels and Washington unveiled the toughest punitive measures against Moscow since the Cold War.

Russia’s response came as the Ukrainian military pushed on with its offensive against pro-Russian rebels in the east, retaking the town of Avdiyivka, only a dozen kilometers (eight miles) from the main rebel city of Donetsk.

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