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Ukraine War Update

Christoph, let's look at the Ukraine war. Trump and Zelenskyj have now spoken on the phone. How is this received in Russia? So there's a reaction here from a man I talk about a lot. Yuri Padaljaka is a Ukrainian citizen, pro-Russian blogger, probably the most influential here in Russia with around 2.8 million followers on Telegram. And of course he jumped on it straight away. In response to this conversation between Zelensky and Trump, he smugly posted that the rats are leaving the sinking ship. And if you commit treason in a timely manner, then it is nothing other than foresighted action. So he commented on this conversation here full of sarcasm and smugness. In other words, Zelensky is no longer counting on Biden, but is already charting a new course and trying to find a common language with Trump. Two more words about the war in Ukraine. The Russians have recently conquered some symbolic places that were important because they had an important symbolic character for the Ukrainians in connection with their summer offensive last year. The Ukrainians recaptured these areas. On the one hand there is Krynky. For a long time, the Ukrainians had a bridgehead on the Dnieper River, and they lost this place. And then Uroshayne is also a symbolic place in the Donetsk region, at the interface with the Zaparozhye province. Then the Russians are on the advance west of Otscheretyne in Donbass and have almost conquered this small but important town of Prorohres . So you can see that this Russian military machine is working its way forward, meter by meter, almost every day. But, and this has to be said, I think with very big losses. Christoph thanks for all these current classifications from Moscow.