Nowadays The circus in the Kremlin and the White House distracts our attention from what is most important: reality on the Ukrainian front. Behind me another journey through Donbas. My conclusion: we will either help Ukraine regain the initiative, or we will risk its breakup, and thus the loss of European security.
Currently, Russia has an initiative all over the front and acquires an average of about 500 km. Territory per month. Ukrainian troops have a clear numerical advantage, they are still based on Russian. But they have not been able to prevent him for many months. Bastions in the east, such as Pokrowsk and Konstantynówka, are wobbling in jobs. This is “only a matter of time” before these places fall, a Ukrainian commander in the east of the country told me.
This time I accompanied the Ukrainian assault ward west of Pokrowska. “Kasper”, “Metys”, “Miszka” and “Opal” are the nicknames of four soldiers of the “Omega” special unit. The youngest of them is 21 years old. They risk their lives with each subsequent mission – and feel more and more abandoned. None of them believe in an honest peace agreement with Russia. They no longer expect anything from Donald Trump. The truth is that many die -hard Ukrainian defenders, whom I meet, count on the fact that they will die on the front line.
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My May trip to the front at Torećk confirmed me in a bitter belief: Ukraine has lost its advantage in drones. Elite Russian drone teams now operate on an equal footing. Russia remains a leader in the use of fiber optic drones and electronic war. The constantly growing “killing zone” leads to the depopulation of cities on the front line.
“We are used to great words and small deeds”
After three and a half years, the European “Coalition of Volunteers” he must ask himself fundamental questions:
How is it possible that economically weakened Russia He outlines us in the production of drones and rockets?
What European innovation gave Ukraine A real advantage on the front line In recent months?
Where the European strategy actually conducts – If not to the slow death of Ukraine?
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Ibrahim Naber, correspondent of the newspaper “Die Welt”
We are used to the great words and small deeds of Emmanuel Macron in this war. So far, things have not looked much better for Friedrich Merz. Not much happened since his bold announcement in Kiev in spring, to Increase “pressure on Russia's war”. In addition to several hundred long -range drones, which Germany recently began to finance for Ukraine.
The Russians are not invincible, but Ukraine needs strengthening
German emphasis on air defense against Russian long -range drones and ballistic missiles is important – but insufficient. To stop Putin, the Ukrainian army must be strengthened on a massive scale, released from a Russian hug and return to the offensive.
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Rescuers and policemen on the site of a Russian attack on the bus station in Zaporozhye, August 10, 2025.
Now this is what you need:
firstly, rapid and mass development of defense production;
secondly, clear priority of delivery to Ukraine;
Thirdly, close cooperation between European programmers and Ukrainian brigades – especially in the field of drones and artificial intelligence;
Fourth, maneuvering shells and ballistic missileswhich will move the war deep into Russia.
The Russian army is not an invincible force. Quite the opposite. The Western alliance can stop the Putin campaign – but only if we finally admit it: every day Ukrainian soldiers also fight ensure that the rest of Europe can still arrange a barbecue without fear of raids.
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