Tag: Donbass
Putin’s “Invasion”, Stalin’s Legacy – Handelsblatt Morning Briefing
it’s not about Crimea anymore. It is no longer about the Donbass. It’s all about Ukraine. And at some point it’s about Georgia and other states that were once part…
Putin gives separatists more territory in eastern Ukraine
Wladimir Putin Russia’s president is escalating the situation in Ukraine. (Photo: AP) Moscow Russian President Vladimir Putin recognizes the separatist regions of Luhansk and Donetsk in their much larger original…
Putin gives separatists more territory in eastern Ukraine
Wladimir Putin Russia’s president is escalating the situation in Ukraine. (Photo: AP) Moscow Russian President Vladimir Putin recognizes the separatist regions of Luhansk and Donetsk in their much larger original…
Russians back recognition of separatists in eastern Ukraine
Fireworks and Russian flags in Donetsk People celebrate Russia’s recognition of separatist areas in eastern Ukraine. (Photo: dpa) Moscow Loud thunder can be heard in the middle of the night…
Russians back recognition of separatists in eastern Ukraine
Fireworks and Russian flags in Donetsk People celebrate Russia’s recognition of separatist areas in eastern Ukraine. (Photo: dpa) Moscow Loud thunder can be heard in the middle of the night…
The frustration, the speech, the war – Handelsblatt Morning Briefing
for psychologists, Vladimir Putin is probably a case study for the theory that out of repeatedly subjectively experienced frustration – Nato! East expansion! – Aggression is almost inevitable. And so…
How much influence does French President Macron have as a mediator?
Emmanuel Macron With his commitment, he is presenting himself as a crisis manager ahead of France’s presidential elections. (Photo: Reuters) Paris The Élysée Palace sent the message in the middle…
The Russian invasion is becoming more likely
Ukrainian military exercise At the “line of contact” in Donbass, Ukrainian troops and separatists fired artillery at each other. (Photo: dpa) Düsseldorf, Moscow, Paris Military incidents are becoming more and…
Baerbock and Blinken warn of an escalation in Ukraine
Munich In view of the massive tensions in the Ukraine crisis and without the participation of Russia, the 58th Munich Security Conference (MSC) has begun. “Today a new war is…
Baerbock and Blinken warn of an escalation in Ukraine
In view of the massive tensions in the Ukraine crisis and without the participation of Russia, the 58th Munich Security Conference (MSC) has begun. “Today a new war is threatening…
UN Secretary-General Guterres calls for de-escalation in Ukraine conflict
Munich/Moscow Against the background of the severe tensions in the Ukraine conflict, UN Secretary-General António Guterres has called on all those involved to de-escalate. There is no alternative to diplomacy,…
No relaxation in Ukraine – Handelsblatt Morning Briefing
Yesterday, at this point, I pointed out that the perceived relaxation in the Ukraine crisis corresponds above all to western wishful thinking. Now reality has caught up with us. So…
Concerns about Ukraine – Handelsblatt Morning Briefing
Another week of waiting for war lies ahead of Europe. And you don’t even know what you should now consider more unbelievable: That Vladimir Putin with his battalions deployed on…
Ukraine: Eight years of war – “When will this madness finally end?”
Ambulance driver Viktor in Vynohradne in the Donbass No money to escape from the front line. (Photo: Handelsblatt/Brüggmann) Mariupol, Kiev The road, which is peppered with countless potholes, is still…
“Another NATO expansion to the east is unacceptable”
Moscow Ten minutes late, Vladimir Putin started his annual press conference on Thursday in front of a relatively small crowd in the Manezh exhibition center in Moscow, the 17th since…
Five reasons Putin is risking the escalation
Moscow Instead of the red telephone, the “red video chat” is celebrating its premiere: a secure internet connection between Moscow and Washington at the highest level. This connection existed before,…