Tag: Donetsk
A new front and an almost insurmountable problem
The Ukrainian counter-offensive has now been running for a good three weeks, and Kiev’s troops have not yet succeeded in gaining any major territory. The main reason for this is…
In the frontline town of Avdiivka, the inner turmoil of the Ukrainians is evident
Avdiivka In the rainy May, the sparse vegetation of the Donbass blossomed. Green trees and meadows pass by the roadside, goats graze next to wild horses. But the idyll is…
Ukrainians report liberation of places in Donetsk region
Yevgeny Prigozhin The head of the Russian private army, Wagner, wants to defy Moscow’s announcements. (Photo: IMAGO/ITAR-TASS) Kyiv The Ukrainian government has accused Russia of firing deadly shots at lifeboats…
Ukrainians report liberation of places in Donetsk region
Ukraine war Ukrainian soldiers in the town of Blahodatne. (Photo: via REUTERS) Kyiv The Ukrainian government has accused Russia of firing deadly shots at lifeboats carrying fleeing civilians in the…
Reports of the counter-offensive are piling up – fighting reported in Donetsk
Possible counter-offensive A Ukrainian soldier fires a grenade launcher at Russian positions on the front line near Bakhmut. (Photo: dpa) Riga According to various reports, the Ukrainian counter-offensive is gaining…
Reports of the counter-offensive are piling up – fighting reported in Donetsk
Possible counter-offensive A Ukrainian soldier fires a grenade launcher at Russian positions on the front line near Bakhmut. (Photo: dpa) Riga According to various reports, the Ukrainian counter-offensive is gaining…
Russia claims to have fended off a major Ukrainian offensive in Donetsk
German Panzerhaubtize 2000 of the Ukrainian Army So far, nothing has been announced about the start of the major Ukrainian offensive. Russian information that this began in Donetsk cannot be…
Putin visits occupied Ukrainian territory for the first time since the beginning of the war
Vladimir Putin in Crimea The Russian President (right) in Sevastopol with Governor Mikhail Rasvozhayev, appointed by Russia. (Photo: AP) Moscow, Mariupol For the first time since the beginning of the…
This is how Russia’s offensive in Donbass is currently going
Berlin A year ago, the successful Russian initial offensive in Ukraine began. At the end of March 2022, in that month alone, Kremlin troops had captured around a tenth of…
A year ago today the war started
Good morning, dear readers, As a journalist, you should use the term “historic goose bumps moment” as sparingly as possible. But Joe Biden’s surprise visit to Kiev was such a…
Under pressure: shareholder attack against Bayer boss Baumann
Good morning, dear readers, BayerBoss Werner Baumann is facing uncomfortable weeks. According to financial circles, the activist investor Bluebell is gathering allies after joining the chemical and pharmaceutical company in…
Situation in Donetsk “extremely tense”
Bachmut An area in Bakhmut that was completely destroyed by shelling. Despite the heavy shelling, however, there were no new large movements of refugees from Ukraine. (Photo: dpa) Kyiv, Moscow…
Which makes it likely that the war will end in 2023 after all
theater of war The shelling of a field near Izium in the Kharkiv region has left a cratered landscape. (Photo: dpa) Berlin After ten months of inexorable war in Ukraine,…
Ukraine – Situation in the morning: Heavy fighting in Donetsk – Zelensky: Russia breaks G20 final declaration
Drobysheve in eastern Ukraine Heavy fighting continues, particularly in eastern Ukraine. According to both sides, the course of the front is hardly changing at the moment. (Photo: dpa) Kyiv, Moscow…
Again explosions in Kyiv – Heavy fighting in Kharkiv, Donetsk and Cherson
Kyiv The capital Kyiv is again under fire. (Photo: AP) Kyiv Numerous Russian drones loaded with explosives attacked the Ukrainian capital Kyiv on Monday morning. Loud explosions shook the city,…
Again explosions in Kyiv – Heavy fighting in Kharkiv, Donetsk and Cherson
Kyiv The capital Kyiv is again under fire. (Photo: AP) Kyiv A week after airstrikes began on Ukrainian cities, the capital Kyiv was rocked again by explosions on Monday morning.…
Red card from the UN against Russia
there are two worlds when it comes to Ukraine and Vladimir Putin. One consists of appeals for appeasement and hope for the old energy world, the other of the struggle…
Ukraine war: Lyman & Bachmut – The strategic problems of the Russians
Berlin The towns of Lyman and Bakhmut in Ukraine’s Donetsk region are separated by more than 80 kilometers of front lines, but the situation on the ground couldn’t be more…
Russia announces more sham referendums in Ukraine
mock referendums A poster in the Luhansk region reads “Forever with Russia”. (Photo: dpa) Moscow, Kyiv Shortly after the first alleged results of mock referendums in four Russian-held areas of…
Why Putin is relying on 300,000 reservists
Putin’s speech On Wednesday morning, the Russian President announced partial mobilization. (Photo: AP) Berlin, Riga Annexations, partial mobilization and a threat of nuclear weapons: The three building blocks are probably…