RT News - June 19 2022 (20:00 MSK)

Russia's military says it has killed more than 50 top Ukrainian officers, including generals - in a cruise missile strike on a key command post. RT's exclusive report from the front line in the Donbass city of Severodonetsk - where thousands of Ukrainian troops, plus foreign mercenaries, are believed to be trapped inside a chemical plant. Western sanctions have stirred up an economic storm for the countries that imposed them, while failing to take down Russia's economy. That's according to Vladimir Putin, who delivered a key speech at the St Petersburg International Economic Forum. As Britain's Home Secretary approves the extradition of Julian Assange to the US - where he faces up to 175 years in prison - we look at the UK official's long history of links to the CIA.