Tag: Nato
Volodymyr Zelensky calls for more sanctions and aid
Berlin The speech of the Ukrainian President in the Bundestag should start at nine o’clock sharp. But another attack by Russian soldiers not far from Kyiv delayed the video link.…
Miriam Meckel: The tyranny of distance
In these days you can already turn your eyes to heaven. Not to expect divine salvation “from above” for a world that is in the process of dismantling itself again.…
Biden and Putin in a duel of words – Handelsblatt Morning Briefing
the horror in Ukraine, which has already driven three million people to flee, leads to a direct duel between Vladimir Putin and Joe Biden. All restraint is gone. For the…
Situation in the morning: Thousands leave Mariupol
Kharkiv Russia has been waging a war of aggression in Ukraine for three weeks now. Kharkiv is particularly competitive. (Photo: Reuters) Kyiv After three weeks of war, flight and expulsion,…
Why Russia is not the Soviet Union
The Russian president’s war is wreaking havoc on a country that sacrificed eight million people in World War II. With this campaign, the Soviet Union finally perishes. In 1975 Leonid…
Biden promises Ukraine weapons and defense systems worth $800 million
US President Joe Biden pledges further aid to Ukraine. Left to right: US Secretary of State Antony Blinken, Biden, Deputy Secretary of Defense Kathleen Hicks and Chief of Staff Mark…
Putin will fail with his invasion
eastern Ukraine The city of Mariupol is heavily contested. (Photo: AP) The unimaginable war enters its fourth week – and the imagination is lacking for a scenario in which Vladimir…
15-point neutrality plan to end war
Kharkiv Russia has been waging a war of aggression in Ukraine for three weeks now. Kharkiv is particularly competitive. (Photo: Reuters) Dusseldorf The negotiations between Ukraine and Russia about an…
15-point neutrality plan to end war
Kharkiv Russia has been waging a war of aggression in Ukraine for three weeks now. Kharkiv is particularly competitive. (Photo: Reuters) Dusseldorf The negotiations between Ukraine and Russia about an…
Selenski appeals to the US Congress with a shocking video
Zelensky in the US Congress In a speech before both chambers of the US Congress, Volodimir Zelenskiy once again emphatically called for the establishment of a no-fly zone. (Photo: dpa)…
Ukraine war: Russia reveals military shortcomings
Brovary northeast of Kyiv Russian tanks under fire: The advance of Putin’s invading army is not progressing as expected in Moscow. (Photo: IMAGO/Cover Images) Brussels The war in Ukraine has…
Ukraine rejects Sweden-style neutrality
Kyiv Attacks on Ukrainian cities continue unabated. (Photo: dpa) Dusseldorf, Kyiv Ukraine and Russia intensified their talks on ending the Ukrainian war on Wednesday. A result is still not in…
Franco-German Relations: Diversification of Energy Sources
Emmanuel Macron and Olaf Scholz Germany can learn from France how to diversify energy sources. (Photo: IMAGO/Agencia EFE) Berlin The list of economic policy challenges in Europe is long: rising…
Putin helps the US President to make a political comeback
Joe Biden The Americans agree with the US President’s policy towards Russia. (Photo: Reuters) A few weeks ago, many Americans didn’t know exactly where Ukraine was located. After Russia’s war…
Zelensky cautiously optimistic – heads of government have arrived in Kyiv
NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg in Brussels The western defense alliance will advise on how to proceed on Wednesday. (Photo: ddp/Geisler/Dwi Anoraganingrum) Dusseldorf, Kyiv Talks between Ukraine and Russia to…
Zelensky cautiously optimistic – heads of government have arrived in Kyiv
NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg in Brussels The western defense alliance will advise on how to proceed on Wednesday. (Photo: ddp/Geisler/Dwi Anoraganingrum) Dusseldorf, Kyiv Talks between Ukraine and Russia to…
Bundeswehr special assets: Union against amendment of the Basic Law
Bundeswehr soldier The Bundeswehr is to be strengthened with the special fund. (Photo: dpa) Berlin The Union in the Bundestag rejects the amendment to the Basic Law for the planned…
Peace cannot be made entirely without weapons
Soldier with a bazooka It is important to find out which armaments companies actually contribute to securing civil liberties. (Photo: imago images/Björn Trotsky) Since February 24th we have been living…
The Three Messengers of Freedom from Kyiv – Handelsblatt Morning Briefing
Good morning dear readers, many are fleeing Ukraine, already three million inhabitants who do not want to see their country as a battlefield. But three arrived by train in bombed…
Zelensky cautiously optimistic – heads of government have arrived in Kyiv
Volodymyr Zelensky The Ukrainian President is cautiously optimistic: “But it takes effort and patience. There is still fighting and work to be done.” (Photo: dpa) Kyiv An end to the…