RT News - August 14 2026 (09:00 MSK)

Moscow's top diplomat slams the European Union over the bloc seizing commercial ships linked to the Russian Federation. Sergey Lavrov says the mirror response, will let unfriendly states feel the economic pain they are causing. Politically irrelevant and legally void - that's the message out of Moscow, slamming Tokyo's uproar over Vladimir Putin's visit to Russia's Far East Kuril Island chain. The Israeli army declares a Palestinian village a military zone, forcing residents to flee under the pretext of their own safety after five nights of attacks by settlers. Our Middle East correspondent is standing by for a full report. As Vladimir Zelensky seeks more weapons from the West it's revealed that American arms manufacturer General Dynamics is missing its production mark, taking a half billion dollars and turning out just 30 percent of what was expected.