The nondescript town of Avdiivka (pre-war population: 32,000) in eastern Ukraine entered the history books on February 17 this year when Russian frontline troops surged into the town in the war’s.
Heavily-industrialised Germany has suffered more than other European Union and NATO member states from the energy crisis caused by sanctions on Russia imposed over Moscow s de-Nazification operation in Ukraine.
Germany has suffered more than other western European countries from their embargo on Russian gas, oil and coal imports. Several of its most energy-intensive heavy industry plants have been forced to shut down.