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00:00U.S. negotiators led by Steve Witkoff met with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Moscow for marathon overnight talks on ending Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine.
00:10Zelensky slammed Europe for its inaction in his Davos address, calling it a lost continent after holding private talks with Trump on the sidelines prior.
00:19U.S. negotiators led by Steve Witkoff met with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Moscow for marathon overnight talks on ending Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine that lasted well into Friday morning.
00:35Kremlin diplomatic advisor Yuri Ushakov told reporters their discussions had been useful, as the Kremlin insisted that the territorial issue needs to be resolved to reach a peace deal.
00:49Meanwhile, U.S. President Donald Trump said that both Putin and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky wanted to reach a deal.
01:17Trump had met with Zelensky earlier on the sidelines of the World Economic Forum in Davos.
01:23He'll make concessions. Everybody's making concessions to get it done.
01:29Europe is going to be a part of it. It's going to be a part of it.
01:32It's more for Europe than for me. I mean, I'm doing this more for Europe than for me.
01:36I'm doing it to save lives, number one. I'm doing it secondarily for Europe.
01:42I'm not doing it so much for the U.S. It doesn't affect us very much.
01:45The Kremlin confirmed that trilateral meetings involving the U.S., Ukraine and Russia are due to begin Friday in the United Arab Emirates.
01:52EU leaders are reflecting on a week of crisis which ended with the hard reality that transatlantic relations are now shattered.
02:06Heads of state and government met for an emergency summit in Brussels initially planned as a format for the EU to decide how best to proceed
02:13following Trump's announcement he was imposing tariffs on seven EU countries and the U.K.
02:19The 11th hour back down on the tariffs meant the agenda shifted to other matters such as plans to better integrate Ukraine into the EU and Trump's so-called Gaza Peace Board.
02:30But the Trump administration's hostility to America's allies loomed large over the meeting
02:34and Europe agrees it needs to accelerate its independence away from the U.S.
02:40We know that we have to work more and more for an independent Europe.
02:45This is not something which happened overnight.
02:47This is hard work.
02:50And the main ingredients, the main topics to work on for an independent Europe is economic power
02:57and the security infrastructure that is necessary.
03:02EU leaders also discussed the recently signed Mercosur trade deal.
03:06Earlier this week, the European Parliament voted to test the legality of the deal
03:10by sending it to the European Court of Justice, which will delay its official rollout.
03:15But leaders agree on provisionally implementing the deal while they await a judgment from the EU's top court.
03:20All they need is the countries of Latin America now to be ready.
03:24A decision would only be needed at a stage when one country of Mercosur or more countries of Mercosur
03:36have completed their procedures, are basically ready.
03:40So in short, we will be ready when they are ready.
03:44The decision by U.S. President Donald Trump to back town on imposing tariffs in relation to forcing Denmark to give up Greenland
03:50is indeed a welcome one.
03:52But it doesn't now shake the reality that one of the most important, effective and reliable global partnerships in the world
03:58is essentially no more.
04:00All trust is eroded.
04:01We'll see what happens next.
04:03Shona Murray, Euronews, Brussels.
04:10Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskyy slammed Europe in his address to the World Economic Forum in Davos
04:16for their inaction, describing it as a lost continent.
04:21In his scathing critique, Zelenskyy says Europe is stuck in an endless cycle of failing to defend itself
04:27or decisively supporting Ukraine, likening the situation to the U.S. film Groundhog Day.
04:33What about the ceasefire itself?
04:37Who can help make it happen?
04:39Europe loves to discuss the future, but avoids taking action today.
04:46Action that defines what kind of future we will have.
04:50That is the problem.
04:52Why can't President Trump stop tankers from the shadow fleet and seize oil, but Europe doesn't?
05:00Russian oil is being transported right along European shores.
05:05That oil funds the war against Ukraine.
05:09That oil helps destabilize Europe.
05:13So Russian oil must be stopped and confiscated and sold for Europe's benefit.
05:19Why not?
05:21His address followed a private meeting with U.S. President Donald Trump
05:25to discuss the latest on the ground and ongoing peace efforts.
05:29I think the meeting was good.
05:31Look, we have a ways to go.
05:33The meeting with President Putin today, as you know.
05:35The meeting was good with President Zelensky.
05:38We'll see how it turns out.
05:40A lot of people are being killed.
05:42Both leaders did not detail what they spoke about, but said the talks were very good and productive.
05:49Separately, Trump's Special Envoy Steve Witkoff is holding talks with a Russian delegation
05:54and says he hopes they will yield some progress.
05:57A trilateral meeting involving representatives from Ukraine, Russia, and the U.S.
06:02is set to take place in the UAE on Friday.
06:05Several news agencies reported President Zelensky announcing.
06:09As Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky prepares to meet his U.S. counterpart Donald Trump on
06:19the sidelines of the World Economic Forum in Davos, Russian attacks on Ukrainian energy
06:24infrastructure continue.
06:26About 4,000 buildings in Kyiv lacked heat on Wednesday and nearly 60 percent of the Ukrainian
06:32capital was without power.
06:34CEO of Ukraine's largest energy provider, Maksim Timchenko, is in Davos and spoke to
06:40Euronews about what an energy ceasefire can mean for Ukrainians.
06:44We passed three winters and we'll pass fourth winter during the war.
06:49But the question is at what price, at what level of sufferings of our people.
06:54So, situation is extremely difficult.
06:57We need support, we need help.
06:59And that's the reason why we have a lot of meetings here with energy companies and with
07:03other stakeholders who can support us in this emergency situation.
07:09And now we are in survival mode.
07:11Actually, we're leaving every day, every week to go through this winter season.
07:17Timchenko also urged other countries to see Ukraine as an example of just how critical
07:23it is to protect energy infrastructure.
07:25Russian barrages have hit power plants and large substations and procuring replacement
07:30equipment such as transformers can take months.
07:33This level of destruction has never been seen for the energy system as we have in Ukraine,
07:39not in the modern history.
07:41That's why it's difficult to understand, not even the general public, but even for energy
07:45specialists, for CEOs.
07:46Today in the morning I have a meeting with CEOs of the global largest energy companies
07:51and I was telling, this is the situation in Ukraine, and you need to start thinking now
07:56how you can protect your critical infrastructure, how you can protect your power stations, because
08:02the situation is such a vulnerable in the world.
08:07With temperatures falling as low as minus 20 degrees in Kyiv, Ukraine is seeing one of the
08:13coldest winters in years, deepening the hardship of Ukrainians almost four years after Russia
08:18launched its full-scale invasion.
08:21Euronews caught up with the European Union's commissioner for enlargement at the World Economic
08:28Forum in Davos, where Ukraine's EU membership bid is sitting high on the agenda.
08:34The commissioner said she's attending the event to hold important meetings on the redevelopment
08:39of Ukraine, including with private US firms like BlackRock, to discuss what is often an
08:45under-discussed issue when it comes to the war in Ukraine.
08:47And economic development.
08:48We can only be successful if we will bring private capital.
08:53But we will not be able to bring private capital in if we will not make the conditions, the business
08:59conditions, so that the investors will feel safe.
09:01And BlackRock is a big name, BlackRock can change things.
09:04Indeed.
09:05And you know, the European Union is not enough.
09:08State money or EU money is not enough.
09:11We desperately need also private engagement.
09:14And out of the talks I have had until now in Davos, I can see the interest is very big.
09:20But of course, everybody would like to end the war as soon as possible.
09:24In many ways, not credible at all.
09:25Koss was also asked to comment on speculations that Ukraine is being offered an expedited process
09:30into the bloc, with some reports suggesting it could happen as early as 2030.
09:35We have a big challenge, and it is great what you ask, a big challenge how to gap the time
09:41we have and the challenges, or I wouldn't say quick membership, but you know, we are still
09:49using the methodology which was used basically when your country, Spain, 40 years back became
09:56a member of the European Union.
09:58So, how can we change, not perhaps also the methodology, we will have to speak about this,
10:04but how can we bring the countries who are indispensable for the European security and
10:10also prosperity in the European Union in the sense that it will make us stronger, EU, and not weaker.
10:18The Enlargement Commissioner also said she hoped the EU will adapt its processes to facilitate
10:23quicker memberships, which would be in line with the rapidly changing geopolitical
10:27climate.
10:29Summing up her argument, Koss concluded that an EU with stronger enlargement protocols is
10:34an independent EU that is better prepared to face today's and tomorrow's challenges.
10:44The Museum of Resistance or Museum of Jihad is once again open in Herat, Afghanistan, but
10:51with changes made by the Taliban.
10:53The museum is dedicated to the Mujahideen who resisted the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan
11:00in the 1980s.
11:01It was in Herat in March 1979 that a rally against the pro-Soviet leadership of Afghanistan took
11:09place, which is considered the beginning of organized resistance.
11:13The museum was built in 2010 and quickly became a city landmark.
11:18Under Taliban rule, the exhibition was preserved, but the exhibits were altered in accordance with
11:24the ban on depicting living beings.
11:27The faces of all figures have been removed, not only of people, but also of animals.
11:32The Hall of Fame, which contained portraits of several dozen Mujahideen leaders, disappeared
11:38completely.
11:39In addition, with rare exceptions, women are no longer allowed in the museum.
11:44In addition, we had the ramazz wishes to the Altizan.
11:47In addition, we put the
11:51many materials together on the 18th floor and the Maui Pod.
11:55The 14th floor we Оля of
12:02peopleborough are great, but they don't want their C History by Babylon in
12:04the 19th floor, but they are like a wonderful mind.
12:06That's why theyκεatanism and inclusion.
12:08That's why theycome to brothers and sisters themselves with others.
12:09They break in the Eye on Earth.
12:11They're not allowed in the air.
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