RT News - April 17 2022 (09:00 MSK)

Russian Defense Ministry says Moscow has almost taken the Donbass city of Mariupol, and told remaining Azov fighters to lay down their arms. It claims the fighters are running low on supplies. RT's crew has been reporting from the frontline in Mariupol throughout the fierce fighting. Russian Air Defense systems intercept apparent Ukrainian strikes on the border city of Belgorod. That's after a village in the Russian region of Bryansk was allegedly shelled by Kiev, causing several casualties. Vladimir Putin slams European countries for delaying on energy payments and adds the European people will be the ones hardest hit by the anti-Russian sentiments of their leaders.