RT News - February 20 2022 (12:00 MSK)
Sleepless nights and touching goodbyes - non-stop shelling in Ukraine's breakaway Donbass republics keeps locals at bay. Many are taking up arms, while others say they're forced to flee suspecting an attack by Kiev's military. Escaping the violence out of fear for their lives -more than 40-thousand East Ukraine citizens have crossed the border to safety in Russia, where the government is providing accommodation to the evacuees. Desperate yet defiant protesters are pushed back by police in Ottawa as the Canadian government seeks to stamp out weeks-long demonstrations against Covid vaccine mandates.
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