RT News - September 21 2022 (20:00 MSK)

The Russian President announces a troop build-up, claiming it's necessary to ensure the defense of the nation. Locals in the Donbass say they are ready to make their voices heard. That's as people there and in Ukraine's Kherson and Zaporozhye regions, are set to hold referendums to join Russia in the next few days. President Biden slams Vladimir Putin for seizing Ukraine's territory and pushing ‘a brutal needless war’. That's during the second day of UN General Assembly currently underway in New York. Muslim-Hindu protests continue to spread to cities throughout the UK. The latest violence flares in Birmingham, which sees a street battle outside a Hindu temple, and a Muslim-owned supermarket going up in flames.