RT News - July 22 2026 (09:00 MSK)

The commander in chief of the Ukrainian army Alexander Syrsky gets the boot. Vladimir Zelensky replaces him with a major general infamously known for ordering his troops to plough through a civilian barricade in Mariupol back in 2014. The US secretary of War gets an earful from protesters as he pleads to Congress for tens of billions more to fund the war on Iran. While he tried to defend the reasons his department needs a 1.5 trillion dollar budget, Democrats weren't buying his testimony. As Donald Trump meets his Lebanese counterpart, Beirut warns the latest Israeli strikes are undermining the US-brokered ceasefire. That's as Benjamin Netanyahu insists the IDF is not going anywhere as it continues to occupy the land of its northern neighbour.