As the hostilities in Mariupol focus on the Azovstal plant, the remaining Ukrainian troops are reportedly holed up in the underground sections of the factory. Murad Gazdiev reports from the outskirts of the industrial zone-turned-battlefield. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Freedom over censorship, truth over narrative. Follow us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/RTnews Follow us on Telegram: t.me/rtnews Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/RT_com

Who would win in a fight, one polar bear or six dogs and a human? Fortunately, it didn’t come to that, but only barely. A video emerged of just such an incident that happened in March in Uelen, about as far northeast as you can get (it’s the bit of Russia Sarah Palin can see from her house, we think). In the middle of the night, residents of the area awoke to the sound of barking dogs who had spotted a very large, unwelcome visitor. The sensible thing to do in such encounters is run, but at the top of the world that means just running into more polar bears. Vitaly, a local resident, went in for some pictures. The bear went in for… probably best not to imagine that. Vitaly seemed on the brink of having the LiveLeak logo appear in his video when the dogs, still barking, came to the rescue. They shepherded the bear away so he could continue doing what polar bears are supposed to be doing this time of year: migrating back north towards Wrangel Island. We’re not surprised the bear got lost. Longitudinally, Wrangel Island is both the northeasternmost and northwesternmost place on Earth. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Freedom over censorship, truth over narrative. Follow us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/RTnews Follow us on Telegram: https://t.me/rtnews Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/RT_com

Harvests in many parts of Africa are under threat as rising prices make fertilizers inaccessible to farmers. The West is pushing Africa to use more expensive, European-produced fertilizers, as anti-Russia sanctions make it difficult for Moscow to supply products to the continent. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Freedom over censorship, truth over narrative. Follow us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/RTnews Follow us on Telegram: t.me/rtnews Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/RT_com

China-Russia relations, the role of sports in the life of a president, ‘One Belt, One Road initiative’, colonial mindset of western elites – President Vladimir Putin discusses a wide range of topics in an exclusive interview with China Central Television (CCTV). ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Freedom over censorship, truth over narrative. Follow us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/RTnews Follow us on Telegram: https://t.me/rtnews Follow us on X: https://twitter.com/RT_com