NATO calls on Europe to diversify energy supply amid standoff with Russia

LONDON: Europe needs to diversify its energy supplies, the head of NATO said on Sunday , as Britain warned it was"highly likely" that Russia, a major natural gas supplier, was looking to invade Ukraine.

Moscow denies any plan to invade but said on Sunday it would ask NATO to clarify whether it intends to implement key security commitments after earlier saying the alliance's response to its demands did not go far enough. Washington has spent weeks trying to build agreement with European partners on a strong sanctions package if Russia attacks Ukraine. But the issue is divisive, with Germany urging"prudence".

"We think it's highly likely that he is looking to invade Ukraine. That is why we're doing all we can through deterrence and diplomacy, to urge him to desist," Foreign Secretary Liz Truss told BBC television. The Center for American Progress, a US think tank, has said Britain would face a challenge uprooting wealthy Russians with Kremlin links from London given close ties"between Russian money and the United Kingdom’s ruling conservative party, the press, and its real estate and financial industry".

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