Tag: UNHCR
Second attempt to evacuate Mariupol – number of refugees is growing at the fastest rate since World War II
Zaporizhia Nuclear Power Plant from the air Russia now controls the largest European nuclear power plant in Zaporizhia. (Photo: dpa) Dusseldorf The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) is increasingly alarmed…
Second attempt to evacuate Mariupol – number of refugees is growing at the fastest rate since World War II
People who fled from Kyiv in Romania Biggest refugee disaster in Europe since World War II. (Photo: Reuters) Dusseldorf Despite intensive mediation attempts by various countries over the weekend, Russian…
Second attempt to evacuate Mariupol – number of refugees is growing at the fastest rate since World War II
Mariupol View from a hospital window shattered by shell fire in the port city under Russian fire. (Photo: dpa) Dusseldorf In the Ukraine war, the city of Mariupol, besieged by…
Second attempt to evacuate Mariupol – number of refugees is growing at the fastest rate since World War II
Mariupol View from a hospital window shattered by shell fire in the port city under Russian fire. (Photo: dpa) Dusseldorf In the Ukraine war, the city of Mariupol, besieged by…
Battles for Mariupol – Russian troops continue to advance towards Kyiv
New York, Dusseldorf On Sunday night, fighting in Ukraine, which was attacked by Russia, concentrated on the southern Ukrainian port of Mariupol and the area around the capital Kyiv. Mariupol,…
Ukraine war: Putin sharply criticizes sanctions
New York, Dusseldorf Russian President Vladimir Putin has sharpened his rhetoric towards the West and sharply criticized the punitive measures imposed. “These sanctions that are being imposed are tantamount to…
About 1.3 million people have fled Ukraine
help in the capital Arrival of war refugees at Berlin Central Station. (Photo: IMAGO/Christian Thiel) Berlin More and more Ukrainians are seeking protection in other countries because of the Russian…
Ceasefire for humanitarian corridor in Mariupol
New York, Dusseldorf After more than a week of war, Ukraine is under massive pressure and blames the West. A first attempt to evacuate civilians via a humanitarian corridor from…
The New Reality: The Vice Editor-in-Chief’s Weekly Review
Good morning dear readers,Yesterday morning, many people in Germany and Europe were confronted with a fear that never went away, but hasn’t been that close for a long time: with…
Ceasefire for humanitarian corridor in Mariupol
New York, Dusseldorf After more than a week of war, Ukraine is under massive pressure and blames the West. The most important events of the night at a glance. According…
Possibilities of escape, money, transport of goods – this is how the German economy helps the victims of the war
Berlin, Dusseldorf One notices Peter Chaljawski’s emotion. “I think the wave of solidarity in the economy and in the German population is great and important,” says the founder and head…
EU wants to activate new protection status for refugees
Berlin The war in Ukraine also led to a turning point in European refugee policy. The EU Commission proposed on Wednesday to activate the “mass influx” directive for the first…
How Ukrainians in Germany should be helped
Berlin Russian President Vladimir Putin’s war of aggression is driving hundreds of thousands of Ukrainians to flee. According to the UN refugee agency UNHCR, 660,000 people have already left the…
Pictures from the Ukrainian war zone
Kiev A high-rise building was hit in an attack in the Ukrainian capital of Kiev. (Photo: dpa) Kiev After the Russian invasion of Ukraine, the capital Kiev is increasingly under…
Italy now for Swift exclusion of Russia
Ukrainian soldiers secure the city of Kharkiv after the Russian attack on the city begins Now, has the Kremlin offered Ukraine talks or not? Are Russian troops in Ukraine making…
FDP demands reform of the European asylum system
Berlin Many people are leaving Ukraine after the Russian attack. United Nations aid organizations expect four to five million refugees if the situation worsens. The interior ministers of the 27…
Pictures from the Ukrainian war zone
Ukraine, Kiev A woman next to a house destroyed in a missile attack. (Photo: dpa) Kiev After the Russian invasion of Ukraine, the capital Kiev is increasingly under pressure. The…
Pictures show the extent of the attack
escape from the war zone A woman and a child leave the Luhansk region by bus. (Photo: dpa) Dusseldorf The Russian military launched a full-scale attack on Ukraine on Thursday.…
What chance is there against Russia?
Vienna The Ukrainian armed forces have changed radically over the past three decades: from the military, anti-Western bulwark of the Soviet Red Army to a force that sees itself as…
The army is stronger than in 2014 – but it still looks bad
Vienna The Ukrainian armed forces have changed radically over the past three decades: from the military, anti-Western bulwark of the Soviet Red Army to a force that sees itself as…