The company, which owns energy supplier British Gas, said the UK now has less than a week’s worth of demand for gas in store.

In retaliation to Ukrainian military actions using Western weapons, Russia launched strikes against western Ukraine's energy infrastructure, specifically targeting a gas storage facility in Stryi. This move comes as a response to Ukraine's use of U.

Kyiv’s forces strike a chemical plant and oil refinery and dispatch over 140 drones targeting locations nearly 700 miles deep into Russia

Meanwhile, British Prime Minister Keir Starmer signed a "landmark" 100- year partnership agreement with Ukraine during an unannounced visit to Kyiv. Here are the latest developments from Russia's war in Ukraine on January 16,

The UK has ‘less than a week’s worth of gas left’ as temperatures drop to freezing levels, British Gas has warned. Brits slept through the coldest night in 15 years last night, meaning gas supplies are dropping to ‘ concerningly low ’ levels.

While air raid sirens during visits by foreign leaders have sounded before, it is rare for air defenses to actually have to fight off attacking drones.

Britain's biggest gas supplier said Friday UK storage levels are "concerningly low" owing to high demand caused by freezing weather and after Ukraine ended Russian gas transit to Europe.Such as "perfect storm" had reduced "UK winter gas storage to concerningly low levels",

Gas inventory levels have come under added pressure from the cold weather and the end of Russian pipeline supplies through Ukraine.

Ukraine fired missiles and drones at factories and energy facilities across Russia early on Tuesday, sparking fires hundreds of kilometres (miles) from the frontline, a source in Ukraine's SBU security services said.

The plunging Russian currency, the ruble, has added to inflationary pressures in Russia, British officials have said, as the country faces further economic turbulence exacerbated by the ending of its natural gas transit deal with Ukraine.

Kaja Kallas emphasises that the European Union will not abandon sanctions against Russia before the start of talks between Moscow and Kyiv. Sanctions remain a key pressure tool in negotiations to end the conflict.