RT News - August 9 2024 (17:00 MSK)

The global anti-doping agency WADA is on the warpath, as Washington allows athletes who consumed doping drugs to compete in exchange for spying on others. The Russian army destroys 12 Ukrainian militants, who were attempting to land on the Russian coast in the Kherson region, while in the border area of Kursk, Ukraine suffers hundreds of casualties, as Russian forces continue to repel Kiev's attack. African Sahel states condemn Ukraine's backing of militants in Mali, as Bamako investigates the country's complicity in acts of terrorism following last month's deadly attack on its forces and Wagner group soldiers.