RT News - May 24 2023 (20:00 MSK)

President Vladimir Putin says Russia's becoming an economic locomotive despite harsh pressure with western sanctions backfiring and only harming themselves. RT reports exclusively from the scene of one the deadliest urban battles zones in recent history, Artyomovsk, also known as Bakmut, which is now under the control of Russia's Wagner Paramilitary group after over 200 days of fierce fighting. As the Russian Defense Ministry releases images of US-made equipment destroyed in a Ukrainian raid on the Belgorod Region, Washington struggles to explain the footage, claiming its weapons aren't used to target Russian territory.