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00:00Ukrainian sniper-like drone operators versus heavy Russian artillery, sides try to assert

00:05superiority on the battlefield before negotiations begin.

00:10In a first-time ever joint interview, Trump says Musk will not be involved in any situation

00:14that might pose a conflict of interest.

00:16However, who will oversee Musk remains unclear.

00:21The State Border Guard Service of Ukraine, DPSU released footage on Wednesday describing

00:25as showing drone attacks targeting Russian army vehicles in the Kramatorsk district

00:30of the Donetsk region.

00:32According to DPSU, drone operators from its Phoenix unit destroyed eight military trucks

00:36and 11 other vehicles in areas of Kramatorsk.

00:42The Russian Ministry of Defense also released footage on the same day claiming it shows

00:46a Buk-M2 air defense system striking an aerial target belonging to the Ukrainian forces,

00:51as well as targeting positions of the Ukrainian army equipped with Gyatsynt-S howitzers.

00:57Meanwhile, U.S. Special Representative for Ukraine Keith Kellogg arrived in Kiev on Wednesday

01:03for a planned meeting with officials and President Volodymyr Zelensky.

01:07Commenting on his visit to Kiev, Kellogg said this is a chance to have good potential negotiations.

01:11Kellogg's trip came a day after U.S. President Donald Trump suggested that Kiev was to blame

01:38Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky has said his U.S. counterpart Donald Trump is

01:58living in a Russian disinformation space.

02:02That comes after Trump claimed on Tuesday that Zelensky's approval rating among Ukrainians

02:07stands at just 4%.

02:09But the Kiev International Institute of Sociology said Zelensky's rating had risen to 57% at

02:15the beginning of February.

02:46Trump also criticized Ukraine for not holding a presidential election that was originally

02:56scheduled for March or April last year.

02:59That vote was postponed as the Constitution doesn't permit elections to take place under

03:03martial law, which was declared in 2022, the day of the Russian invasion.

03:08The Kremlin has repeatedly tried to use the delay to portray Zelensky as illegitimate.

03:14Speaking at the Munich Security Conference on Saturday, Zelensky said he's open to discussing

03:19elections in Ukraine, but is reluctant to lift martial laws that could weaken the country's

03:23defense.

03:24Also on Tuesday, Trump appeared to blame Ukraine for the Russian invasion, saying the Ukrainians

03:29should never have started it.

03:31That came in response to criticism from Zelensky and other Western leaders that Ukraine wasn't

03:36invited to participate in peace talks with Russia and Saudi Arabia.

03:45Residents in Kiev have expressed both skepticism and concern about the meeting between US and

03:50Russian diplomats in Saudi Arabia.

03:54The talks were aimed at negotiating an end to the war in Ukraine, but did not include

03:59any officials from the war-torn country.

04:14In Moscow, however, some locals believe that Russian interests should be a top priority.

04:45Outside of the warring nations, there are concerns surrounding the safety of Europe in general.

05:02In Poland, for example, a NATO nation that borders Ukraine, many fear that a deal made

05:08between Washington and Moscow could damage security and democracy both on the continent

05:13and beyond.

05:14U.S. President Donald Trump appeared on his first joint TV interview with Elon Musk, aired

05:22in primetime on Fox News Channel.

05:25In this pre-recorded interview, the president reiterated his goals to bring down inflation

05:30and claimed that Musk's Department of Government Efficiency would find over $1 trillion of

05:35what the administration considers wasteful government spending.

05:40However, since Musk himself is a businessman heavily involved in several sectors, the main

05:45question was how will it work when there is a conflict of interest.

06:10Trump mentioned during that same interview that Musk is probably not happy with things

06:16like tax breaks for electric vehicles likely not being included in tax legislation, which

06:21is now being discussed in Congress.

06:23But he said Musk didn't seek any special treatment for Tesla.

06:27Musk has drawn criticism from Democrats in Congress and others for the methods he and

06:32his team at DOJ are using to cut spending, including foreign aid and eliminating jobs

06:37across federal administration.

06:45Family members of Israeli hostages held in Gaza expressed mixed emotions of happiness

06:50and grief ahead of the next release.

06:53The mother of a hostage held by Hamas who is not slated to be released in the first

06:57phase of the ceasefire said she is worried about the ceasefire holding.

07:02I'm scared. I won't get to the point where I can hug him and feel him again and start

07:11our lives again. There is a chance this is the end. And I'm really terrified. And we

07:20haven't got to the second stage yet.

07:23The surprise acceleration and releases were apparently in trade for Israel's allowing

07:28mobile homes and construction equipment into Gaza.

07:32Israel began allowing entry of rubble-removing equipment on Tuesday, including bulldozers

07:38from Egypt that were seen cleaning rubble near the Rafah border crossing.

07:42Meanwhile, Palestinians in Gaza expressed hope that the ceasefire will hold as the first

07:48phase nears its end.

07:50The warring sides have yet to negotiate the second phase, in which Hamas would release

07:54dozens more hostages in exchange for a lasting ceasefire and an Israeli withdrawal.

08:05Belgium is reinforcing maritime police forces at the harbour of Antwerp to fight rising

08:10drug violence.

08:12Belgian Interior Minister Bernard Kvinten confirmed that 100 extra people would be hired

08:17as he attended daily inspections.

08:20The port of Antwerp is an important location within Belgium's broader fight against drug-related

08:25violence. More than 7,000 people were checked at the port last year, and 51 suspects have

08:31already been arrested this year.

08:33Efforts are being accelerated after the country's capital, Brussels, saw a wave of drugs-related

08:38violence in recent weeks.

08:41The city saw six shootings related to drug gangs in the span of just two weeks, with

08:46two people killed since the start of February.

08:49Kvinten and Justice Minister Annelies Verlinden have committed to reinforcing police forces

08:54in both Antwerp and Brussels.

09:03Thousands of people joined a funeral procession on Tuesday evening for the 14-year-old victim

09:08of a deadly stabbing attack in the Austrian town of Villach.

09:13Following the march, a church service was held, also attended by top politicians, including

09:19Federal Chancellor Alexander Schellenberg, who came from Vienna.

09:24Five other people were injured in the knife attack on Saturday, including two other teenage

09:29boys.

09:31The suspect, a 23-year-old Syrian, was arrested after the attack.

09:36Authorities said on Sunday that the suspect had possible connections to the Islamic State

09:40group, but appeared to have acted alone.

09:44The attack comes at a time when the topic of migration has taken center stage in many

09:48European countries, including Austria.

09:52Far-right leader Herbert Kickl called for a rigorous crackdown on asylum in the wake

09:56of the attack.

10:11Germans at the polls on February 23.

10:13We are in Rome and we want to know how much the Italians know about these important elections,

10:18not only for the future of Germany, but also for that of Europe.

10:22Let's hear what they tell us.

10:41A representative of the outgoing government and a representative of the German far-right

10:46government.

10:48I know that there is a far-right party that could join the government.

10:55Elon Musk pushed for this party to join the government, but there have been very

11:01important demonstrations in Munich and other German cities against the entry of this

11:06party into the government.

11:08We don't know much.

11:10I know that there is a big recession, because this has been talked about several times,

11:14and we have gone from an excess of information with Merkel to something that now

11:19seems to have almost disappeared.

11:21So, honestly, no, in fact, I don't know much.

11:24Are they the Power Rangers?

11:26Absolutely not.

11:28I don't know them.

11:30I think they are parliamentarians.

11:33Right?

11:36But I don't know who they are.

11:39You look a bit like Meloni.

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