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00:00At least one person has been killed and 15 injured as Russia targeted Ukraine in an overnight
00:06attack of nearly 300 drones.
00:10Hungary has decided to block a new EU sanctions package against Russia over an oil supply
00:17dispute with Ukraine.
00:21Russia launched 50 missiles and nearly 300 drones in an overnight attack over Ukraine
00:27days ahead of the war's four-year anniversary.
00:31The country's energy infrastructure, railway facilities and water infrastructure in cities
00:36were the main targets, according to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky.
00:41Fifteen people, including four children, have been injured and one man has been killed in
00:47a Russian strike on the Kyiv region.
00:50Zelensky said seven regions, including Odessa, Kira Vohad, Mykolaiv and Poltava, were targeted.
00:56Meanwhile, in Mykolaiv, 16,000 people have been left without electricity in below freezing
01:04temperatures after energy infrastructure was damaged in the strikes.
01:08Regional authorities reported significant damage and large-scale fires were also reported
01:14at energy facilities in the southwest region of Odessa by Ukraine's emergency workers.
01:21Zelensky said that this week alone, Russia launched more than 1,300 drone attacks.
01:32Hungary is blocking the EU's 20th sanctions package against Russia and threatening to cut
01:38off support for Ukraine in the process.
01:41The country's foreign minister announced on Sunday that Budapest won't back the measures
01:46until Ukraine repairs a damaged section of the Jerusalem pipeline and restores oil supplies.
01:53Prime Minister Viktor Orban went further, suspending diesel deliveries and opposing a €90 billion
01:59EU war loan to Kyiv.
02:01Slovakia is piling on too.
02:04Prime Minister Roberto Fico warned he'll cut emergency electricity to Ukraine if oil supplies
02:09don't resume by Monday.
02:12His country's supplies make up nearly half of Ukraine's electricity imports.
02:18Kyiv is calling it blackmail, accusing both governments of doing Moscow's bidding while Russian missiles
02:25continue to batter Ukrainian energy infrastructure through one of the coldest winters on record.
02:30Orban, the EU leader closest to the Kremlin, has long blocked sanctions and vetoed aid to Ukraine.
02:42Seven people died on Saturday after a car fell through the ice at a lake in Russia's Serbian region.
02:48They were all tourists from China.
02:51According to local media, the car was travelling outside of an official ice crossing when it went
02:57underwater at a depth of about 18 meters.
03:01Only one tourist managed to get out.
03:03The driver and seven others died, including a couple with a 14-year-old child.
03:08In winter, Lake Baikal becomes a popular tourist destination.
03:13However, ice thickness can change dramatically due to wind, currents and high temperatures.
03:26World number one Carlos Alcaraz is still perfect in 2026.
03:30The 22-year-old Spaniard stays undefeated after beating Francis Artur Feast in straight sets 6-2, 6-1 to
03:37capture the Qatar Open title here in Doha.
03:40Another trophy, another statement performance.
03:43The win pushes Alcaraz to 12-0 on the year, adding to the momentum he built after lifting the Australian
03:48Open title just last month.
03:50I think the final is where you have to show your best level.
03:56And obviously, I think after we started the match, making a lot of mistakes that gave me the confidence to
04:02play relaxed and to play calm.
04:15As for Feast, this was still a breakthrough week for the 21-year-old.
04:20He turned plenty of heads in Doha, especially when he stunned 16-ranked Jakub Mensik in the semis,
04:26just eight months after suffering a stress fracture in his back at last year's French Open.
04:31I won four matches in a row. It's pretty good. Of course, today, Carlos was on another level, playing way
04:37better than me.
04:38And so he deserved completely the win in the whole tournament. And I mean, that's why he's number one in
04:44the world now.
04:44The Qatar Open is one of just two ATP tour stops in the Middle East. The second gets underway in
04:49Dubai on Monday.
04:51Adil Halim, Euronews, Doha.
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