RT News - October 19 2026 (09:00 MSK) Russia Today Donald Trump says Vladimir Zelensky has never wanted to end the Ukraine conflict. That's after Zelensky criticized the US president's efforts to find common ground with Moscow. Russia's top diplomat exposes Zelensky's motives for so staunchly opposing any peace process as his political survival is at stake. Top officials in France, Italy and Albania all blame the political opposition or foreign powers as mass protests engulf major cities across Europe. Demonstrators are taking to the streets over rising living costs, housing shortages and other government failures.