RT News - July 18 2022 (20:00 MSK)

Russia says its forces have killed hundreds of foreign mercenaries and destroyed multiple Ukrainian military assets inside the Donetsk People's Republic with a decisive battle for control of the area in full swing. While in the neighboring Lugansk People's Republic, our correspondent joins a Russian combat patrol that's mopping up hostile resistance from Ukrainian troops dressed as civilians, in the recently recaptured city of Lisichansk. Saudi Arabia says its relations with the US and China are not mutually exclusive. That's in the wake of Joe Biden's much-hyped, but ultimately lackluster, trip to the Middle East. Sri Lanka's acting president slams Western sanctions against Russia, saying they are only bringing third-world countries like the impoverished South Asian nation to their knees.