RT News - January 02 2023 (20:00 MSK)

Scores of Russian soldiers were killed in Donbass in a recent attack by Ukrainian forces using US-supplied HIMARS rockets. The deadly news was confirmed by Russia's MOD this Monday. The M23 militant group may leave several key areas of the Democratic Republic of the Congo as soon as Thursday. That's after months of violence against the local population. While in our continuing look back at the year that was, 2022 saw the French military leave the vast Sahel region in Africa after eight years. Its anti-jihadist operation ultimately a failure, resulting in the displacement and deaths of thousands. We also recall Sri Lanka's mass protests last year and worst economic crisis since gaining independence, largely brought about by economic mismanagement and exacerbated by Western sanctions against Russia's energy.