Apparently, the invasion of Ukraine was preceded by massive misjudgments about their own strength and the will of their opponents. Who are the men who kill countless people every day? And who the defenders? An overview.
Russia has been at war in Ukraine for 12 months. Putin’s campaign has revealed the ugly face of his regime. Hundreds of thousands of lives were lost and there is no end in sight to the war. Who are the people behind the slaughter? From whom does the head of the Kremlin take his worldview, which portrays Russia primarily as a victim of Western aspirations to become a great power? Who is responsible for the terror bombing of Ukrainian cities and what role does the Belarusian ruler Alexander Lukashenko play?
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On the other hand, on the defensive: the Ukrainians who have been fighting for their existence for a year. Sometimes tough, like the former ambassador in Berlin, Andriy Melnyk. Time and again he has annoyed the German federal government with demands – and of course Volodymyr Zelenskyj, who, like hardly anyone else, had to be visibly elected war president overnight.