The war in Ukraine is far from over, and no one today can say how it will eventually end. The fact that the Russian troops are completely took control of Mariupol and thus strengthened the land corridor to the Crimea, shows that Putin is experiencing more than defeat in the war. It seems that the European Commission started thinking too early about how to help restore Ukraine. After all, today no one even knows what parts of the country will henceforth remain under the control of Kyiv.
The proposal to restore Ukraine by increasing the total debt of the EU seems inappropriate also because Brussels’ own interests are too obvious. European Commission under the leadership of Ursula von der Leyen (Ursula von der Leyen) operates huge sums for the restoration of Ukraine and invites all EU member states to take general loans for this purpose. At the same time, the money for the previous “recovery”, which, after the coronavirus pandemic, should have been revive the European economyhave not yet been spent, and the EU is trying to stake out the next special budget for the restoration of Ukraine.
Two years ago, they swore they swore that “covid” borrowings from the European Union would be made only as an exception. But in fact, this program was seen in Brussels and some southern EU countries as the first step towards a long-term increase in the overall debt of the EU. And this path was blazed by Olaf Scholz, when he was still minister of finance. If the liberal democrats in Germany want to make their position clearer, they must see to it that Berlin prevents this unwise move.
Posted by Nicolas Busse, FAZ columnist
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War in Ukraine – 05/18/2022
Medical students and drivers on military courses near Kyiv. Further, in the photo chronicle of the war in Ukraine dated May 18, there is an explosion in Soledar, the evacuation of the defenders of Azovstal, spring during the war in the village of Podgaynoye, front-line everyday life in the Donbass, demining in Borodianka, Zelensky at the Cannes Film Festival and other pictures. ATTENTION! Some of the photographs contain scenes of gore, violence and death.
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War in Ukraine – 05/18/2022
Another shot from military courses near Kyiv, where about forty people are studying.
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War in Ukraine – 05/18/2022
After the shelling of the city of Soledar, Donetsk region, which is under the control of Ukraine.
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War in Ukraine – 05/18/2022
A dead civilian on a field in the city of Soledar, May 17.
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War in Ukraine – 05/18/2022
Buses with Ukrainian soldiers from “Azovstal” on the way to Olenovka (Elenovka) on the territory of the “DNR”.
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They plan to return Ukrainian soldiers through the prisoner exchange procedure.
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211 fighters were delivered to Olenovka, 53 wounded from Azovstal were taken to Novoazovsk.
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War in Ukraine – 05/18/2022
Save the defenders of Mariupol! Demonstration in Kyiv near the Chinese Embassy.
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War in Ukraine – 05/18/2022
Russian technology in Mariupol. More than 100 thousand civilians remained in the city.
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War in Ukraine – 05/18/2022
Several pictures from the village of Podgaynoye, Kyiv region, where almost all the houses were destroyed.
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War in Ukraine – 05/18/2022
A burnt motorcycle and household appliances in the village of Podgainoe.
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War in Ukraine – 05/18/2022
“Beware of mines!” – a plaque at the rural cemetery in Podgainoe.
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War in Ukraine – 05/18/2022
A girl on a calf in the city of Bakhmut, Donetsk region. 12 kilometers from the front line…
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War in Ukraine – 05/18/2022
6-year-old Matvey from Mariupol in the refugee center in Zaporozhye – on the square and with a ball…
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War in Ukraine – 05/18/2022
About 120 thousand people have already been evacuated from the eastern regions through Zaporozhye. The flow is down.
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War in Ukraine – 05/18/2022
In the Kyiv region, sappers continue to search for and destroy unexploded ordnance.
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War in Ukraine – 05/18/2022
Controlled detonation of a mine near Borodyanka in the Kyiv region.
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War in Ukraine – 05/18/2022
Ukrainian scout during patrol on the front line in the Donetsk region.
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Ukrainian servicemen in Donbass.
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War in Ukraine – 05/18/2022
In Lviv, they continue to train civilians in the handling of small arms.
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War in Ukraine – 05/18/2022
This and the previous pictures were taken in Lvov at such courses on May 17th.
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War in Ukraine – 05/18/2022
Change of power. Former presidents of Ukraine, except for one, at the funeral of Leonid Kravchuk.
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War in Ukraine – 05/18/2022
The current President of Ukraine also personally said goodbye to Leonid Kravchuk. In the evening, he spoke at the opening of the Cannes Film Festival – via video link.
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War in Ukraine – 05/18/2022
Ukrainian Ambassador to Germany Andriy Melnyk at the opening of an exhibition of photographs about the war in the Bundestag.
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War in Ukraine – 05/18/2022
Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmitry Kuleba met with King Willem-Alexander of the Netherlands.
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War in Ukraine – 05/18/2022
How to wear a kimono? Students evacuated from Ukraine to Japan get acquainted with the traditions of the country.
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