RT News - June 24 2022 (20:00 MSK)

Russia claims some two-thousand Ukrainian soldiers, including neo-Nazi formations and foreign mercenaries, have been encircled just 20 kilometers from the heavily-embattled city of Severodonetsk. As fierce fighting comes to a head in Severodonetsk and Lysychansk, RT visits a nearby town taken by Russian forces just days ago. Russia will guarantee Ukrainian grain exports - no matter what the West says. That's the message from Vladimir Putin, on the second and final day of the BRICS summit of emerging economies. China calls out quote 'US hypocrisy', after Washington vows to send medical help to earthquake-stricken Afghanistan, despite huge amounts of Afghan assets still being locked up by America.