17.02.22 | 10:49 Min. | Available until 17.02.2023
Putin’s troops could strike at any time – or withdraw. With this power play, the Russian president has been forcing the Ukrainian population to stand by for weeks. And while the West is asking its citizens to leave the country, Ukrainians have to defend themselves in an emergency. Bankers, models and housewives are preparing for the next war with wooden and plastic guns. Former world boxing champion and Kiev mayor Vitali Klitschko regularly trains with real weapons. In the Kontraste interview, Klitschko feared a bloodbath and called for more political pressure from Germany on Putin. Contrast reporters were traveling in Ukraine. A report from a country that has been at war for years.
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