WORLD NEWS RT - August 17 2026 (17:00 MSK)

NZ 18 AUG 2026




Six civilians are killed in Russia’s Belgorod region in an overnight Ukrainian strike. Another four are wounded including a child. Western intelligence services in co-ordination with Ukrainian counterparts are planning to damage Russia's ties with Latin American states using seized Russian weapons on the battlefield. Tehran offers a 30-thousand dollars reward for killed or captured US soldiers, again stressing it controls the Strait of Hormuz. RT speaks exclusively to an Iranian MP who describes the staggering cost of the US war on his country.

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