Deutsche Welle
Deutsche Welle is Germany's international public broadcaster, funded by the federal government. It produces radio, television and online news in numerous languages, including Ukrainian, and is tasked with presenting Germany and providing independent international reporting. Its headquarters are in Bonn.
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Ukrainian churches appeal to Pope Leo XIV over humanitarian crisis in occupied Oleshky
The All-Ukrainian Council of Churches and Religious Organizations has appealed to Pope Leo XIV, the UN, the ICRC and other religious bodies to intervene in what it calls a humanitarian catastrophe in Russian-occupied Oleshky in Kherson Oblast. Ukraine says the city has had no food deliveries since late May 2026, with civilians cut off from supplies and prevented from leaving, and announced it will raise the situation at the UN General Assembly High-Level Week.
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Germany reviews hospital readiness for potential conflict with Russia
Germany is conducting a large-scale review of its hospitals to assess their ability to cope with a potential military conflict, including a possible Russia–NATO war. The Bundeswehr is considering reopening a Cold War-era underground medical bunker in Ulm, while training programs are being expanded to address a shortage of combat trauma specialists. Officials warn that Germany's five military hospitals would be overwhelmed by a worst-case scenario of up to 1,000 wounded soldiers arriving per day.
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Kushner says most of Ukraine–Russia peace deal is ready, with territorial question the last obstacle
US special envoy Jared Kushner told the Yalta European Strategy forum in Kyiv on September 12 that most of a Ukraine–Russia peace agreement has been prepared, and that the territorial question — Ukraine's refusal to withdraw to the line Russia is demanding — is the remaining obstacle. He said he hopes to announce "next steps" in the talks within the next two weeks and expressed support for returning to a trilateral format. Kyiv has previously rejected Putin's demands that Ukrainian forces withdraw from Donetsk and Luhansk oblasts.
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Lavrov calls Germany's response to Leipzig drone incident "the beginning of a real war"
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov described Germany's reaction to an attempted drone attack at Leipzig/Halle Airport as "the beginning of a real war," drawing an analogy to pre-World War II diplomatic closures. Germany officially accused Russia on September 1 of orchestrating the incident, closed Russia's last consulate general in Bonn, and terminated the agreement for the "Russian House" in Berlin. Russia retaliated by announcing closures of German Goethe-Institut branches. No one was injured and Ukrainian Antonov aircraft were not damaged, though the An-124's cargo remains disputed.
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Danish intelligence warns of concrete Russian sabotage planning targeting defense firms linked to Ukraine aid
Denmark's Security and Intelligence Service (PET) publicly warned that Russian intelligence services are conducting concrete planning of sabotage operations against Danish defense-industry companies, particularly those linked to military aid to Ukraine. PET head of counterintelligence Emil Græsholm said Russian services are also recruiting ordinary Danish citizens through social media and gaming platforms to carry out preparatory tasks, sometimes without the recruits knowing they are working for Moscow.