RT News - August 12 2023 (17:00 MSK)

Russian forces repel a second Ukrainian attack on the Crimean Bridge. That's shortly after Moscow's MOD said air defenses shot down two Ukrainian missiles in the first assault, and activated a smoke screen to protect the area. ECOWAS member Cabo Verde speaks out against the bloc's potential military intervention in Niger, echoing the overall sentiment in the country, with locals coming out in support of the coup government. More on Niger as anti-French sentiment grows beyond the country's borders, with West and Central African countries calling for abolition of the French-backed CFA franc. A UK court sentences a former top primary school teacher to twelve years in prison, for possessing thousands of illicit images of Indian children, who he abused online.