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Paris prosecutor’s cybercrime unit searches the French offices of Elon Musk’s X
Offices it belongs to Elon Musk‘s social media platform X, which is widely used in France, is being raided by the Paris prosecutor’s office.
A search is being carried out at X’s facilities in France by the cybercrime unit of the Paris prosecutor’s office. a statement readWith the support of Europol.
The raid is linked to a year-long investigation into allegations of misuse of algorithms and forged data by X or its executives.
The Paris Public Prosecutor’s Office said the investigation was expanded following complaints about the operation of Grok, X’s artificial intelligence chatbot.
According to the prosecutor’s office, both Musk and the former X CEO Linda Yaccarino He was summoned to hearings in April as part of the investigation.
“At this stage, conducting this investigation is part of a constructive approach, aimed at ensuring the compliance of the X platform with French law as long as it operates on national territory,” the prosecutor’s office said. X did not immediately respond but has previously denied claims that it manipulated its algorithm.
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Poland’s defense ministry said this morning that one of its employees had been detained and accused of collaborating with a foreign intelligence service.
Onet’s news site previously reported HE A defense ministry employee was detained for cooperating with Russian intelligence.
“The services have been monitoring this man’s activities for months. His actions have been thoroughly documented and analyzed. That’s why the evidence collected against him is so strong. This is one of our greatest achievements,” a source familiar with the operation told Onet. We have not yet been able to independently verify the contents of the report.
Trump says US could get ‘good news’ about Russia’s war on Ukraine
Donald Trump said his administration may soon receive “good news” regarding efforts to end the war in Ukraine; The US president boasted that he could do this within 24 hours of returning to office for his second term in the White House.
“I think we are in a very good situation with Ukraine and Russia. This is the first time I say this.“I think maybe we’ll get some good news,” Trump told reporters in the Oval Office on Monday.
As we mentioned in the opening article, Ukraine’s meetings with Russian and US officials will take place in Abu Dhabi within two days, starting on Wednesday. A White House official said the US envoy said: Steve Witkoff would attend the talks. Volodymyr Zelenskyy said that the Ukrainian delegation will also hold bilateral meetings with US officials for two days.
The Kremlin has insisted that any deal must include Ukraine giving up all territory. eastern Donbas regionIncluding areas currently under Ukrainian control.
As my colleague Pjotr Sauer Notes on this story, Although Kiev has vehemently rejected these terms, Zelenskyy has said he is willing to consider alternative arrangements, including the withdrawal of Ukrainian troops from eastern regions and the creation of a demilitarized zone.
The first round of tripartite talks in Abu Dhabi was held on January 23-24, and although positive voices were made thereafter, no visible progress was achieved.
NATO chief arrives in Kiev on a previously unannounced visit
NATO secretary general Mark Rutte He came to Kiev. He will address the Rada, the Ukrainian parliament. According to Kyiv Post.
Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelenskyy shared a video in which he and Rutte pay tribute to Ukrainian soldiers killed fighting for the country.
Maidan Nezalezhnosti. People’s National Memorial Monument. A monument honoring our heroes, warriors, our people who defended Ukraine against the enemy, fought and made the greatest sacrifice in this war.
Together @SecGenNATO Mark Rutte, we honored his memory… pic.twitter.com/ugWsJChlAV
— Volodymyr Zelenskyy / Володимир Зеленський (@ZelenskyyUa) February 3, 2026
NATO has not made an official statement about Rutte’s diplomatic visit, but this is not unusual given the growing security concerns arising from the conflict.
Some more details about the brief energy ceasefire:
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The Kremlin said on Friday that it had agreed to halt attacks on energy infrastructure by Sunday at the request of Donald Trump, and that Kiev would reciprocate.
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The Kremlin said Trump made a personal request to Vladimir Putin to refrain from attacking Kiev until Sunday, February 1.
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Volodymyr Zelenskyy said that the ceasefire should last for a week, starting from Friday, January 30. Ukraine and Russia could not agree on the duration of the ceasefire.
With the energy truce expiring, the minister said Putin was “waiting for the temperature to drop to resume genocidal attacks on Ukrainians”
Russia’s latest attacks on Ukraine mark the end of a short-lived energy truce in which Russian President Vladimir Putin reportedly agreed to temporarily suspend attacks on Ukraine’s critical energy infrastructure.
Minister of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine, Andrii SybihaIt was stated that Russia’s overnight attack included 450 unmanned aerial vehicles and more than 60 missiles, including ballistic missiles, and the main targets were energy and residences. Kyiv, Dnipro, Kharkiv, Sumi And Odessaas well as other regions. In a long article about XSybiha wrote:
Putin waited for temperatures to drop and stockpiled drones and missiles to continue genocidal attacks on the Ukrainian people.
Neither the diplomatic efforts expected in Abu Dhabi this week nor his promises to the United States have stopped him from continuing terror against ordinary people in the harshest winter.
We are dealing with terrorists who must be forced to stop the violence. The world has tools. Strengthen Ukraine’s air defense and energy resilience. Increase pressure on Moscow.
About 1,170 Residential buildings in Kiev were left unheated, the city’s mayor said. Vitaly KlitschkoThe temperature dropped to -20C, he wrote in a Telegram post.
Volodymyr Zelenskyy said yesterday that Russia did not carry out any targeted missile or drone attacks on Ukraine’s energy infrastructure in the last 24 hours, but Russian bombardment hit energy facilities near the front line.
Europe and US to take coordinated military action if Russia persistently violates future ceasefire – report
Under a proposal discussed among Ukrainian, European and American officials, Kiev agreed with its Western allies that any future repeated violations of the ceasefire agreement by Russia would lead to a coordinated US-European military response. Sources with knowledge of the discussions told the Financial Times:.
Russia will face a response to the ceasefire violation within a day, starting with a “diplomatic warning” and a response from the Ukrainian military to stop the violation, three people familiar with the plan told the FT in a report we have not yet been able to independently verify.
If the fighting continues, there will be a second phase of intervention using forces from a “coalition of the willing” of more than 20 of Ukraine’s allies who have agreed to provide security guarantees to Kiev after a ceasefire is reached with Russia, which has so far stuck to its maximalist demands.
If the ceasefire violation escalates into a broader attack three days after the initial violation, then a coordinated military response by a Western-backed force that includes the US military would be triggered, officials said.
American, European and Ukrainian officials discussed the proposals on several occasions in December and January, according to the FT.
British prime minister Keir Starmer, who is at the forefront of the ‘coalition of the willing’ initiative, said after talks in Paris last month that Britain and France would send troops to Ukraine “in case of a peace agreement” with Russia.
Russia reiterated that it would consider any deployment of foreign military forces or infrastructure in Ukraine as unacceptable foreign intervention Russia’s foreign ministry said on Monday, citing foreign minister Sergei Lavrov, that these forces should be treated as legitimate targets.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said over the weekend that a second round of talks between Russian, Ukrainian and US officials on a plan to end the war prepared by the United States will begin on Wednesday.
Despite ongoing diplomatic efforts to end Russia’s all-out invasion of Ukraine after nearly four years, attacks on Ukrainian towns and cities still continue.
Russian forces attacked Ukraine’s capital Kiev, its second largest city Kharkiv and other centers early this morning, triggering fires and dealing new blows to the energy infrastructure, officials said. Authorities in the two largest cities said at least four people were injured in the attacks. Stay with us as we bring you the latest news.
