RT News - March 04 2022 (17:00 MSK)

Russia's defense ministry claims that a military provocation at Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant was allegedly an attempt by Ukrainian forces to blame Russia for creating a radioactive hotbed. That's after sabotage groups attacked the Russian-controlled plant overnight. Amid battles between the Ukrainian army and local military forces, homes in the Lugansk and Donetsk republics are caught in the crossfire. Russia starts supplying humanitarian aid to the city of Melitopol. RT speaks to the people on the ground. Anti-Russian rhetoric ramps up, with some prominent western politicians calling for Putin's removal to end the conflict in Ukraine.