the russians made a mistake tactically in not using the leverage they had, not cutting them off, putin vardyto win. 7 months later, the europeans had time to take steps to increase their storage of gas for the winter. they were able to acquire a lot more from the united states, gas from qatar, they've been able to get floating terminals off the coast. all of this means while it will be painful, it won't be crippling and that means the europeans will be able to get through this period without changing their orientation on russia or ukraine. they won't wobble on you but he did sections, 7 rounds which were supported unanimously by 27 european member states. it hurts the russians a lot more than it hurts ukraine. jack: that seems like positive news that will help inflation a little bit. i want to pivot before i let you go to domestic politics. trump endorsed candidates have been raiding a lot of republic in primaries, some are running away from this thing about the stolen election and the polls are suggesting democrats might have a chance of holding on to the senate, polls have often been wrong

vardy, bbc news, newark. russia�*s conduct in ukraine has been strongly condemned at a special meeting of the un security council. the american secretary of state, antony blinken, said president putintary continues to make gains in the east of the country. 0ur chief international corrspondent 0rla guerin reports now from the newly liberated city of kupiansk. this is kupiansk, a shattered city. ukraine calls it "liberated territory". during our visit, it doesn�*t sound that way. shelling every few minutes, more shelling. and it�*s soon very clear that war isn�*t far away. exlposion shouting come on, come on, come on! well, we�*ve just had to run and take cover in the building. there has been what sounded like heavy incoming fire. it�*s pretty clear that the russians are continuing to target kupiansk, even though they�*ve been pushed out. dangerous. understood, understood — they want us away from the blast, yeah. a few minutes ago we heard the russian helicopters doing some shelling, and it was nearby us so we need to go to save your life, and go from there, this city. is this happening a lot in kupiansk, a lot of attacks? yes, yes. every day kupiansk is under russian shellings and r