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00:00Yes, indeed. Well, we're still under a large-scale Russian attack with drones, missiles being
00:07launched all over Ukraine. In Kyiv, the capital explosions have been heard. The mayor Vitaly
00:16Krishko said that the population had to stay in shelters as of now, but it's mainly the
00:23western part of Ukraine which has been targeted overnight. The regions of Rivne, of Ivano-Frankivsk,
00:29that is in the west of Ukraine, as well as the central region of Cherkassy, have been
00:34targeted last night. And you've mentioned Odessa. Over the past few weeks, the city of Odessa,
00:41the region of Odessa, had been specifically targeted by Russia, not just the energy infrastructure
00:48which led to tens of thousands of people not having access to electricity at home, but also
00:55port infrastructure in the region had been targeted. And those attacks, as well as last night's
01:02ongoing attacks, just, you know, confirm what President Zelensky was saying, that Russia was
01:08preparing large-scale attacks over the Christmas period. Moscow had said it would not agree to a
01:15truce for Christmas because it argued that this would have given time for Ukraine to regroup and
01:24to attack Russia again. Emmanuel, where are we politically as well? The latest rounds of
01:29diplomatic talks have been unfolding as well. Well, Volodymyr Zelensky last night in his nightly
01:37address said that progress had been made on the negotiation front in terms of what has been decided in
01:46terms of security guarantees for Ukraine. He mentioned, again, the coalition of the willing,
01:52with one big unknown in that whole equation. And the Ukrainian president warns against this. He said
02:00it is hard to believe that Vladimir Putin really wants to stop the killings in Ukraine. Those are the
02:08Ukrainian president's words last night. And indeed, following this most recent attack, it will be
02:16hard for Ukrainians on the ground under those missiles and bombs to believe that those negotiations
02:23can succeed in the immediate future, if you will.
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