RT News - December 20th 2022

Shelling of civilian only areas continues. Ukrainian artillery fire hits the same civilian hospital in Donetsk for the second time in 24 hours, as heavy rounds also strike residential buildings and a kindergarten according to local officials. "Grad" missiles were used to shell the hospitals, made in Slovakia and "given" to Ukraine under the NATO weapons "gifting" arrangements. One person was injured in the hospital. The hospital administration buildings were also struck but "out of hours" and luckily no-one was hurt. The day before, two people were killed and many injured in the same hospital.

No room for talks: £250,000,000 more weaponry is being sent by Britain as Rishi Sunak, Britain's Prime Minister, says Russia will not negotiate for peace (QS that simply isn't true, Russia has been asking for formal negotiations since the special operation commenced in February. Now having been told formally by Angela Merkel that the Minsk protocols were never intended to be kept by Ukraine and that the UN mandated Minsk agreements between Ukraine and the two republics of Donbass - Donetsk and Lugansk - were just lip-service to buy time to arm and train Ukraine to the hilt, Pres. Putin said he wished he had acted sooner). Britain is also hosting new "soldiers" to train as soldiers for Ukraine, also at British public's expense of course. It's not known the split of how many Ukrainian nationals and how many mercenaries from elsewhere.

Brotherly nations: The union state of Russia and Belarus, arguably the closest Eastern European allies, agree to expand military co-operation amid escalating tensions on their Western borders. Please see video on this channel for meeting in full and RT website for many more details, press conference etc.

Moscow condemns the EU's decision to restrict natural gas prices, as the move exacerbates a rift between the bloc's member states. Report from Rachel Marsden.

The "Twitter Files", the FBI and the "deep state" - revelations continue. Report by Caleb Maupin.

Moldova's head of security and intelligence (Alexandru Musteata) says Russia intends to invade Moldova.

Senior US Democrats demand the Justice Department charge former president Donald Trump with inciting an insurrection over last year's Capitol unrest. Will this be a kangaroo court?