RT News - August 16 2022 (20:00 MSK)

Sabotage sparks explosions at a military stockpile in Crimea - seeing thousands of people evacuated, according to Russian officials. We report from a devastated town in the Lugansk region - which Ukraine's troops abandoned in their retreat with Russian-led forces now mopping up the area. German households will have to cover the government's refusal to buy Russian gas as Berlin slaps a special levy while the media reports on what it calls 'Ukraine crisis fatigue' among Europeans. Violent riots erupt in Kenya  where William Ruto has netted a controversial, narrow victory in the race for the presidency.