RT News - February 27 2022 (17:00 MSK)

Russia's delegation says it was ready to leave Belarus after the deadline for ceasefire talks expired, but will stay after information came in at the last moment that Ukraine will attend. Following a raft of aggressive NATO statements, President Putin puts Russia's strategic deterrence forces, including nuclear forces, on high alert. Residents of Ukraine's second largest city, Kharkov, film what they say are Russian forces entering their city as sporadic fighting is reported in the area. Authorities in the newly recognized Donetsk and Lugansk republics say that the Ukrainian military is conducting relentless shelling of residential areas and has attacked a fuel depot sparking a massive blaze.