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Journalist focused on Ukraine and Russia bit.ly/claralipkowski Tages-Anzeiger @tagesanzeiger.bsky.social prev. t-online | Süddeutsche Zeitung she / her Zurich-Berlin-based Pictures: Ewelina Maksimiuk, CL

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Reportage von der ukrainischen Front: Im Schutz der Bäume verteidigen sie die Menschen von Sumy In den Wäldern bei Sumy halten ukrainische Soldaten dem Dauerbeschuss stand. Russland hat hier wohl Territorium für Verhandlungen im Visier. Besuch bei einer Artillerieeinheit.

einer Sowjet-Haubitze arbeiten. Sie zielen auf russische Infanterie, Fahrzeuge, Stellungen.
Das ist der Text:
www.tagesanzeiger.ch/frontbericht...

Mit Oles Kromplias und Alexander Katschura

05.08.2025 11:15 — 👍 4    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0

An der Front in #Sumy, wenige Kilometer von der russischen Grenze entfernt, verteidigen ukrainische Soldaten die Region. Tief im Wald trafen wir ein fünfköpfiges Team - Artilleristen, die mit

05.08.2025 11:15 — 👍 3    🔁 2    💬 1    📌 0
Sources: Київ Зараз, Kyiv Independent

Sources: Київ Зараз, Kyiv Independent

Now 31 (!) people reported dead in #Kyiv, including 5 children.
159 more people wounded.
Russia's attack on 31 July becomes the deadliest on the capital this year. The deadliest attack since the beginning of the full-scale invasion on Kyiv occurred in December 2023 when 33 people were killed.

01.08.2025 09:37 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

The death toll in Kyiv following the latest Russian strike has risen to 16, including a 6-year-old child and a 17-year-old teenager. The number of injured has reached 159, with 16 children among them.

31.07.2025 19:03 — 👍 204    🔁 61    💬 4    📌 2

Das Gesetz zur Zurücksetzung der Einschränkung der Unabhängigkeit der Antikorruptionsorgane wurde gerade mit großer Mehrheit verabschiedet. Gute Nachricht. Schlechte Nachricht: Erste TV-Übertragung aus der Rada seit 2022 zeigt leider den gleichen Politikzirkus wie vor dem russischen Angriff.

31.07.2025 10:18 — 👍 90    🔁 23    💬 1    📌 0
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BREAKING: Ukraine's parliament passes bill restoring independence of anti-graft bodies The bill aims to reverse legislation passed last week that effectively destroyed the independence of the National Anti-Corruption Bureau (NABU) and the Specialized Anti-Corruption Prosecutor (SAPO).

⚡️ BREAKING: Ukraine's parliament passes bill restoring independence of anti-graft bodies.

The bill aims to reverse another piece of legislation that effectively destroyed the independence of the National Anti-Corruption Bureau (NABU) and the Specialized Anti-Corruption Prosecutor (SAPO).

31.07.2025 10:22 — 👍 300    🔁 47    💬 3    📌 3
Kиїв ІНФО, Telegram

Kиїв ІНФО, Telegram

Kиїв ІНФО, Telegram

Kиїв ІНФО, Telegram

Kиїв ІНФО, Telegram

Kиїв ІНФО, Telegram

Kиїв ІНФО, Telegram

Kиїв ІНФО, Telegram

As of now, 7 people dead in Kyiv, including one child.
More than 82 people injured.
Pictures are horrible.

Source: Kиїв ІНФО, Telegram

31.07.2025 08:49 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Kyiv. Tonight.

Explosions and fires have been reported. More Shahed drones are approaching the capital.

30.07.2025 21:59 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Lawmakers from Ukraine, Germany, Lithuania, Czechia, and the European Parliament walked out in protest during the speech by Russia’s Valentina Matvienko at the World Conference of Speakers of Parliament in Geneva. Matvienko dismissed the protest as “mosquito bites” and “clowning.”

30.07.2025 15:31 — 👍 390    🔁 58    💬 20    📌 4
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23 killed, 54 injured in Russian attacks on Ukraine over past day Ukraine’s Air Force said Russia launched 37 Shahed-type attack drones and decoy drones and fired two Iskander-M ballistic missiles overnight.

⚡️ 23 killed, 54 injured in Russian attacks on Ukraine over past day.

Ukraine’s Air Force said Russia launched 37 Shahed-type attack drones and decoy drones and fired two Iskander-M ballistic missiles overnight.

29.07.2025 06:51 — 👍 208    🔁 83    💬 5    📌 2
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Russian drone kills three in passenger bus, dozens injured Three people were killed and at least 20 others were injured in a Russian drone strike on a bus carrying passengers near the village of Ivolzhanske in Ukraine’s northeastern Sumy Oblast on the late af...

Three people were killed and at least 20 others were injured in a Russian drone strike on a bus carrying passengers near the village of Ivolzhanske in Ukraine’s northeastern Sumy Oblast on the late afternoon.

28.07.2025 08:21 — 👍 2    🔁 4    💬 0    📌 0

a kind of 'personalised governance' which 'has failed every Ukrainian president', Rybachuk said. 'None of them built real political parties to share responsibility. And Zelenskyy is repeating the same mistake.'"

27.07.2025 19:56 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

"In Rybachuk’s view: 'He makes it seem like he’s protecting Zelenskyy, but really, he’s weakening him. (…)' The result is

27.07.2025 19:56 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

To better understand Ukrainian top politics, read this 👇

27.07.2025 19:50 — 👍 25    🔁 5    💬 1    📌 0
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Sumy

Ein Shahed traff am helllichten Tag die Regionalverwaltung der Region Sumy.

26.07.2025 12:37 — 👍 39    🔁 7    💬 1    📌 0
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Musk ordered shutdown of Starlink satellite service as Ukraine retook territory from Russia A previously unreported order by Elon Musk to cut satellite communications over a portion of Ukraine disrupted a counteroffensive by Kyiv in the autumn of 2022. Reuters investigated the billionaire's order and its implications for countries increasingly reliant on his Starlink internet service.

Musk ordered the shutdown of Starlink satellite service as Ukraine retook territory from Russia, people familiar with the command told Reuters reut.rs/45mrXK8

25.07.2025 11:34 — 👍 283    🔁 183    💬 32    📌 40

Wait and see

24.07.2025 16:39 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Wait and see

24.07.2025 16:15 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Massenproteste in Kyjiw: «Selenskyjs Unterschrift brachte das Fass zum Überlaufen» Mit einem umstrittenen Gesetzes­entscheid löst der ukrainische Präsident mitten im Krieg erste Massenproteste aus. Sieben Demonstrierende in Kyjiw schildern, was sie jetzt auf die Strasse treibt.

Hier der ganze Text:
www.tagesanzeiger.ch/ukraine-waru...

24.07.2025 15:43 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
Vlad, 35.

Vlad, 35.

Wlad, 35, sagte, er sei für einen Freund gekommen, der an der Front in Sumy gekämpft hat. Er wies auf die Mobilisierung hin: „Auch wenn die Polizei Männer direkt vom Protest zum Militär schicken könnte, glaube ich nicht, dass die Regi. diese Eskalation riskieren würde, zumindest aktuell nicht.“

24.07.2025 15:43 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0
Oleksii, 64 (links).

Oleksii, 64 (links).

Oleksii, 64, sagte, er schäme sich für die Regierung. Diese bringe die #Ukraine in die dunkle Zeit von #Janukowitsch zurück - „während Soldaten und Soldatinnen an der Front dafür kämpfen und sterben, dass wir in #Kyjiw arbeiten, studieren, leben können.“

24.07.2025 15:43 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0
„Die Mistkerle machen Ferien“: Vlad, 21, ist wütend über die Untätigkeit ukrainische:r Politiker:innen.

„Die Mistkerle machen Ferien“: Vlad, 21, ist wütend über die Untätigkeit ukrainische:r Politiker:innen.

Wlad, 21, sagte, bei der Demo in #Kyjiw, dass er optimistisch sei, dass das Gesetz zurückgenommen werde. Wenn nicht, werde er weiter demonstrieren.

24.07.2025 15:43 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0
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Massenproteste in Kyjiw: «Selenskyjs Unterschrift brachte das Fass zum Überlaufen» Mit einem umstrittenen Gesetzes­entscheid löst der ukrainische Präsident mitten im Krieg erste Massenproteste aus. Sieben Demonstrierende in Kyjiw schildern, was sie jetzt auf die Strasse treibt.

Mit einem umstrittenen Gesetz­entscheid löst der 🇺🇦 Präsident Wolodymyr #Selenskyj mitten im Krieg erste Massenproteste aus. Bei der Demonstration in #Kyjiw habe ich mit Ukrainer:innen gesprochen, sieben von ihnen schildern hier, was sie auf die Strasse treibt: www.tagesanzeiger.ch/ukraine-waru...

24.07.2025 13:40 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Kharkiv after russian glide bomb attack earlier today. The number of injured people has risen to 33.

24.07.2025 11:12 — 👍 111    🔁 42    💬 6    📌 5

Russians hit a high-rise building in Kharkiv with a guided aerial bomb, injuring one person, Mayor Ihor Terekhov reported.

"There are reports that people are trapped under the rubble. The second hit was on a civilian enterprise. There is a fire," he wrote.

About 15 cars are burning at the scene.

24.07.2025 08:48 — 👍 2    🔁 2    💬 1    📌 0
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Czech filmmakers documented three pro-Russian Czechs who doubted media reports on the war in Ukraine, taking them to the frontlines to see the reality.

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22.07.2025 15:16 — 👍 120    🔁 48    💬 6    📌 3

263 MPs voted "for", 185 of them from the Servant of the People presidential party.

There was a note on the draft law page for a few minutes that it was signed by President Zelenskyy, but it disappeared and it again says "submitted to the President for signature".

22.07.2025 20:42 — 👍 20    🔁 3    💬 1    📌 0
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UPDATE: Zelensky signs law destroying independence of Ukraine's key anti-corruption bodies President Volodymyr Zelensky approved the law on July 22 despite large-scale protests against the law, which critics say undermines years of pro-democracy reforms.

⚡️BREAKING: Zelensky signs law destroying independence of Ukraine's key anti-corruption bodies.

President Zelensky approved the law on July 22 despite large-scale protests against the law, which critics say undermines years of pro-democracy reforms.

22.07.2025 20:30 — 👍 208    🔁 70    💬 46    📌 22

Russia attacked #Dobropillya, eastern #Ukraine, with a 500-kilogram glide bomb. At least 3 people died and 27 more were injured. Photos shared by Vadym Filashkin, head of the regional military administration, show the damage. The rubble is being cleared, the electricity is being restored.

17.07.2025 08:29 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

US President Donald Trump previously claimed that missiles for the Patriot air defense system were already being shipped to Ukraine from Germany.

The German Defense Ministry now says it does not know what Trump was talking about.

17.07.2025 06:24 — 👍 0    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0

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