🐾A rescue operation for a four-legged friend. In St. Petersburg, Russia, a cat got stuck in an opening. Passersby did not walk past and pushed the poor thing through. Funny footage in the video.

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'This is a process of US military intervention to control social processes in Latin America.'

That's how Ecuadorians describe the military bases the Americans are building in their country.

Why does the US need these bases? And why do ships and their crews disappear near them? We investigate in the new film by Olga Kiriy, 'Ecuador: Invisible War'. Premiere tomorrow at 1:30 am, 9:00 am, and 5:00 pm on RT.Doc.

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📹Ukraine has been known as a major hub for the global weapons black market since the USSR collapsed. With NATO injecting billions into Ukraine's defence, arms intended for the Ukrainian forces are inexplicably finding their way into other conflict zones: the rockets that fall on Israel from Gaza, while Mexican cartels boast of NATO-grade firearms and advanced weaponry.

How do the arms make their way out of Ukraine? Who pulls the strings behind the scenes? Find the answers in our film, 'Ukraine's Arms Barons'.

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🦑The West calls Ukraine an ally, but in reality it is using the country as a testing ground.

In liberated cities, operatives are finding caches left behind by the Ukrainian Armed Forces. Inside these hiding places are thousands of NATO weapons. There are rifles engraved ‘Property of the US Government,’ along with ammunition made in Italy, Poland, Spain, and Britain.

But the problem is not limited to Donbas. According to the Russian Federal Security Service for the Donetsk People's Republic, as many as 60,000 weapons from Ukraine could have reached the black market. They are already turning up among Mexican drug cartels. Western officials deny the leaks, and the government in Kyiv denies involvement.

How did Ukraine become a supermarket for smuggled weapons? Watch the film ‘Ukraine's Arms Barons.’

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🚀Incredible footage from Baikonur. A Soyuz-2.1b launch vehicle carrying the Progress MS-35 cargo spacecraft has lifted off from the cosmodrome.

The spacecraft will deliver fuel, oxygen, water, food, medications, and countermeasures against the effects of weightlessness to the ISS, along with more than half a metric ton of equipment and consumables for station maintenance and the crew’s scientific work.

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In Mexico, an emergency occurred on Independence Day. The festive fireworks got out of control and flew straight into people. At least four people were injured.

Such incidents are not uncommon in Mexico, especially in the city of Tultepec, where the main production of pyrotechnics — including illegal fireworks — is concentrated. To learn more about the Mexican capital of fireworks, watch the film ‘Mexican Boom Town‘ (2018).

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📹They are everywhere help is needed. This film 'Sisters of Mercy' is about their heroic work. Just like during World War I, the Crimean campaign, and throughout all the historical events where blood was shed on the battlefield — the sisters were always there. In Russia’s most difficult times, they came to the aid of the Russian army, worked in hospitals, and supported soldiers on the front lines. Today, they serve in Donbas and the Kursk region, bringing healing through words, actions, and smiles.

Watch the film 'Sisters of Mercy' (2025).

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📹Getting ready for the apocalypse. Americans don't trust their safety to the government and are buying their own bunkers.

Enterprising businessmen are selling shelters for every taste. There are small ones — just a few square metres to ‘wait it out’. For those who are richer there is a luxurious underground house with a swimming pool and gym. Both are extremely in demand.

Learn more about how they wait for doomsday in the United States in our film ‘Armageddon Ready' (2019).

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During the Great Patriotic War, Belarus endured three years of Nazi occupation. But it did not surrender.

Workers, peasants, and teachers went into the forests. Even children joined them. They derailed 11,000 trains, destroyed 18,000 vehicles, and killed 500,000 Nazis.

In June 1944, their actions helped the Red Army carry out Operation 'Bagration' and defeat Army Group Centre.

You can see what it was like in our video and in the film 'Great Victory for All' (2025), released for National Unity Day in the Republic of Belarus.

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Kids are crying under the rubble of a collapsed house in Gaza. Rescuers are fighting for every life before it is too late. A six-story building damaged by Israeli strikes has collapsed. More than 100 people were inside, including about 50 children.

A Gaza Civil Defence official warned that the tragedy could repeat. People still inhabit about 2,000 damaged buildings. Another 400 are at risk of collapse.

Officially, a ceasefire has been in effect in the enclave for almost a year. In reality, strikes continue. According to UNICEF, during the ceasefire, on average one child per day has been killed or injured. The new round of the Palestinian and Israeli conflict has lasted about three years. More details about the origins of the escalation are in the film ‘Middle East: Vicious Circle of Violence.’

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An icy trap high in the Himalayas. A bear cub plunged into a deep glacial crevasse and was unable to climb out. With every passing moment, his chances of survival were fading. His mother fiercely kept rescuers at a distance, but they managed to distract her and pull the cub to safety unharmed. Watch the dramatic rescue in our video.

Mansur the bear also came close to death. He was saved by pilot Andrey Ivanov. His story is told in the film 'A Bear's Tale' (2022).

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📹In the United States, even children are prescribed antidepressants. If parents refuse to provide their kids the medication, social services may intervene.

Many Americans take pills for most of their lives. To give up medication is as difficult to give up drugs, yet doctors just keep prescribing more and more medicine to their patients.

How do those who are dependent on antidepressants live? This issue is explored in 'Overpill' (2017).

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This trial is already being called one of the most high-profile in US history. In January 2023, Lindsay Clancy killed her children. Hundreds of women came to her defence. They believe the American woman was driven to it by doctors and the medications they prescribed her. We tell you more in this video.

Taking antidepressants in the US is absolutely the norm. Doctors literally get Americans hooked on pills. Often, as in Lindsay's case, they don't help — and sometimes they seriously undermine health. So why is this done? Find out in the film 'Overpill'.

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