RT News - January 04 2023 (09:00 MSK)

The number of Russian soldiers killed in a Ukrainian HIMARS rocket attack, in the city of Makeyevka near Donetsk, rises to 89. The Russian Defense ministry says mobile phone signals gave away their location to enemy forces. A new level of gas exports to China - Russian energy giant Gazprom hails record volumes in the first days of the new year amid plans to build more pipelines heading East. Burkina Faso expels the French ambassador, as anti-colonial sentiment strengthens on the African continent as people seek to cooperate with countries other than France. We look at the biggest protests engulfing 2022 - and the marked difference in attitude various Western countries have shown toward the unrest.