RT spoke to people fleeing the fighting in the breakaway Donetsk People’s Republic Just a few days before Russia launched its special military operation on the territory of Ukraine, the heads of the then-unrecognized Donbass breakaway republics reported publicly that tensions were rising and called for the evacuation of the civilian population. Since the start…

The ruble continued its decline on Wednesday, hitting record lows against major currencies yet again, after US President Joe Biden announced a ban on all imports of Russian  energy products, such as oil and gas.

US State Department names strategic defeat for Putin as the endgame in Ukraine conflict The US is waging an economic war against Russia, Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov told the press on Wednesday.