RT News - August 17 2024 (17:00 MSK)

Russia's Defense Ministry says Kiev is looking to accuse Moscow of 'self-shooting' as reports of Ukraine's planned nuclear provocation emerge. A former German spy chief believes Ukraine and Poland were in cahoots over the terror attack on the Nord Stream 2 pipelines - stating an operation of that scale and sophistication, couldn't have happened without NATO support. Indonesia marks 79 years of independence from Dutch colonial rule by officially inaugurating its new capital city.