Images filmed April 20, released April 27, show a Dutch-German Air and Missile Defense Task Force deploying Patriot surface-to-air missile systems near Sliač Air Base, Slovakia, to reinforce defense capabilities on NATO’s eastern flank, following Russia's invasion of Ukraine.

READ MORE: Russia’s Gazprom halted natural gas supplies Wednesday to Poland and Bulgaria, the latest step in the economic fight linked to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.

Russia has demanded that European nations, many of which rely on Russia for large portions of their energy supplies, pay for natural gas in rubles, Russia’s currency.

Gazprom said Wednesday that Poland and Bulgaria had not done so and would therefore have their gas supplies suspended. Gazprom says that four unnamed natural gas buyers have paid Russia in rubles and 10 European companies have created ruble accounts to make payments in the Russian currency, Bloomberg News reported.

Polish and Bulgarian officials said the Gazprom move amounted to a breach of their contracts.

Polish President Andrzej Duda said the Russian gas cutoff violated "basic legal principles," while Bulgarian Energy Minister Alexander Nikolov said gas was being used as a "political and economic weapon."

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