RT News - August 13, 2014 (12:00 MSK)

Heavy artillery attacks kill at least three people in the outskirts of Donetsk in east Ukraine, with residential areas pounded by shells as the army tries to retake the city from local militia; Fast food's leaving a sour taste for Russian regulators - who are suing McDonalds today over quality - against the backdrop of escalating tit-for-tat sanctions between Moscow and the West; Washington considers evacuating Iraqi refugees blockaded by jihadist fighters. It's also sending over a hundred additional military advisers to help Kurdish troops - amid concern the U.S. is getting too deeply involved.