Energy crisis looms in deadly cold snap

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Energy crisis looms in deadly cold snap

European commission puts its gas co-ordination committee on alert as Russian supplies to some states dwindleAt least 221 people have died during a cold snap in which temperatures have plummeted to -30C and below across eastern Europe, with Ukraine the hardest hit country. The cold has killed 101 people in Ukraine, many of whom lived on the streets.