RT News - February 28 2023 (09:00 MSK)

RT speaks exclusively to a former US mercenary in Ukraine who defected to Russia to report on alleged war crimes by Kiev, also revealing the role of  US intelligence in the conflict. Nearly a hundred civilians including children are injured this year as Ukraine continues scattering banned landmines throughout residential areas in the Donetsk republic. France won't be made a scapegoat for Africa's problems, or drawn into a tug of war for influence. That's according to President Macron, ahead of his four-nation tour of the continent coming amid much recent opposition to Paris's presence there.