RT News - January 25 2024 (17:00 MSK)

The killer of a Russian war journalist is sentenced to 27 years behind bars, being found guilty of assassinating Vladlen Tatarsky in a St. Petersburg cafe this past year. RT reports from the frontline where Ukrainian troops meet Russian forces and as Kiev retreats, its modest gains are left behind. As the flight recorders of the downed IL-76 are salvaged from the crash site, Kiev struggles to explain how a Russian military transport aircraft carrying Ukrainian POWs was brought down, while infighting erupts in its parliament over the tragedy. An RT exclusive from Southern Lebanon - our correspondent is the first journalist to visit the site of recent Israeli air strikes which left behind a trail of devastation.