DONETSK, Ukraine: Russia warned Europe on Thursday (Friday in Manila) its gas supplies would be in peril unless it helped pay Ukrainian debts, while the US threatened Moscow with more sanctions in a further escalation of the crisis over Ukraine.

President Vladimir Putin’s most direct warning about Russian gas deliveries—vital to the health of the European Union (EU) economy—came as Ukraine faced a new secession crisis and relations between Moscow and the West plumbed new post-Cold War lows.

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