RT News - February 25 2022 (18:00 MSK)
President Putin urges Ukraine's soldiers to take power in their own country, and prevent their leaders from using the population as human shields. According to local officials in the Donetsk Republic, a Ukrainian army shelling has hit a local school killing two teachers. The Russian Defense ministry says Ukraine’s army is deploying Grad multiple rocket launchers, and warns that firing artillery from residential areas is a war crime. Russia's military operation in Ukraine - whose stated aim is to protect the people of Donbass - continues for a second day and makes gains across the country.