RT News - July 17th 2022 Late

Ukrainian forces launch a fresh barrage of at least eighty devastating rockets at Donetsk city on Sunday after five civilians were killed by shelling there, overnight. Kiev cuts loose a convicted neo-Nazi battalion commander, who raped and tortured people in Donbass. So he can return to the conflict zone, despite his criminal record. EU countries panic over Russia temporarily halting the flow of gas through the Nord Stream One pipeline. Although the scheduled maintenance was agreed to in advance. Sri Lanka's Prime Minister is sworn-in as interim president, replacing the previous leader who resigned amid mass protests, which show no sign of abating. Our correspondent reports from the scene.