RT News - October 01 2022 (09:00 MSK)

Vladimir Putin gives an emotional speech during a ceremony marking the accession of the Donbass republics and the Zaporozhye and Kherson regions into Russia. Ukraine asks for an accelerated NATO membership path. But the chief of the Alliance rejects the call, saying there needs to be a consensus within the Military bloc. At the UN Security Council: Russia cites the factors pointing to Washington's direct connection to the sabotage of the Nord Stream pipeline, while the US denies complicity. A second military coup in the last 8 months rocks Africa's Burkina Faso, as the country suffers from deadly terrorist attacks.