Six Months of Aggressive War: Daily Issues from Kyiv

How do people in Ukraine live with the war and its consequences? Presenter Caren Miosga and WDR-Reporter Vassili Golod traveled around the country for a week. In a special edition of daily topics from Kyiv both reported on their experiences.

Half a year after the start of the Russian war of aggression, the daily topics reported live from Kyiv on Wednesday. The show focused on the people of Ukraine.

Together with WDR reporter Vassili Golod spoke to moderator Caren Miosga on a reportage trip with Ukrainians about their lives and surviving in the war.

For example, Miosga visited an entrepreneur who until recently was making locks and is now supplying vehicles for the soldiers at the front. She also said: “We met a woman who escaped from an occupied city and tells how the Russians are trying to take control of the city and the people.”

Foreign Minister Kuleba as a guest

In an interview with the Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba, the moderator spoke about German-Ukrainian relations and his expectations of Germany. Kuleba expressed understanding for those Germans who are worried about rising energy prices. In his country, however, it is about human life – not about comfort.

Frequently shipments from abroad

It’s not the first time that daily topics were sent from abroad. Among other things, in 2020 the broadcast came live from Washington on the occasion of the US elections, in 2012 there was a split broadcast from Moscow and Hamburg because of the presidential elections in Russia.