RT News - April 26 2025 (17:00 MSK)

Russia’s top General and President Putin hail the country’s troops for liberating the Kursk region - with help from North Korean allies as part of a collective defence pact. The US President says a peace deal on Ukraine is close, after his envoy meets with Vladimir Putin in Moscow. But Donald Trump adds that a stumbling block remains in Kiev’s refusal to sign a rare-earths agreement with Washington. Gunfire erupts on the India-Pakistan border for the second night in a row as relations plummet following this week’s deadly terror attack in Kashmir. We hear from locals on the Indian side of the troubled region.