RT News - December 20 2022 (09:00 MSK)

Ukrainian artillery fire hits the same civilian hospital in Donetsk for the second time in 24 hours, as heavy rounds also strike residential buildings and a kindergarten according to local officials. The union state of Russia and Belarus, arguably the closest Eastern European allies, agree to expand military co-operation amid escalating tensions on their Western borders. Moscow condemns the EU's decision to restrict natural gas prices, as the move exacerbates a rift between the bloc's member states. Senior US Democrats demand the Justice Department charge former president Donald Trump with inciting an insurrection over last year's Capitol unrest.