RT News - May 14 2026 (17:00 MSK)

Russia's Ministry of Defense carries out large-scale retaliation strikes on Ukrainian military and energy infrastructure in response to Kiev's attacks on civilians. The former head of Vladimir Zelensky's office who was his right hand man in Ukraine is arrested over a large-scale corruption scheme. A court orders he be held behind bars for 60 days. The US and China talk diplomacy in Beijing but major sticking points remain including the Taiwan issue, rare earth minerals - and sanctions. Tehran's top diplomat reminds his colleagues at the BRICS Foreign Ministers meeting what the world faces. That's as energy supply disruptions amid the US-Israeli war on Iran surpass one billion barrels of oil.