Wojna w Ukrainie

Wie der Ukraine-Krieg die Welt verändert

Comment la guerre en Ukraine a changé le monde

War in Ukraine

La guerra en Ucrania

On 24 February, Russian armed forces invaded Ukraine. We follow the war day by day and provide background information with special insights, reports and documentaries.

A spat over grain - and weapons - plunges Ukrainian-Polish ties to their lowest point since the Russian invasion began. ARTE Europe Weekly looks at which countries are providing the most aid to Ukraine as global support drops. Also on the show, young Ukrainians debate whether to stay or go in order to avoid military service.

Poland and Ukraine’s friendship put to the test

A dispute over grain threatens to sour relations between the two countries as Poland stops sending new weapons.

ARTE Europe Weekly

Since Russia invaded Ukraine on 24 February 2022, men between the ages of 18 and 60 have been forbidden from leaving Ukrainian soil. For fear of being conscripted and sent off to fight in the war, many have decided to flee to neighbouring Romania. It’s a dangerous and sometimes fatal journey to exile, but hundreds continue to cross the border.

Since the start of the war, thousands of Ukrainians have crossed the border into Romania illegally to avoid military service.

Ukrainian deserters flee to Romania

"For the sake of all lives" is the motto of the voluntary Sanitary Battalion Hospitallers. Amidst the fighting, the approximately 500 medics provide medical care to both soldiers and civilians. The volunteers come from all walks of life in Ukraine and often leave their jobs to save the lives of their fellow countrymen on the frontline.

"For the sake of all lives" is the motto of the voluntary Sanitary Battalion Hospitallers.

Re: Ukrainian Paramedics on the Frontline

What happened in Russia over the weekend of 23 June? Exiled Russian journalist Masha Borzunova didn't sleep a wink at the weekend and followed the events on Russian television.

The Wagner Rebellion

Masha on Russia

Could the Russian oligarch and mercenary chief be a threat to the Russian president?

Yevgeny Prigozhin: Putin's Best Frenemy

A landscape of ruins. Since the Russian invasion of Ukraine on 24 February 2022, hundreds of thousands of people have lost everything. Rebuilding the country is likely to take decades. Work is already underway at Hostomel, on the outskirts of Kyiv. This pilot project presents many challenges for the 80 urban planning experts from the Ro3kvit coalition.

In Hostomel, on the outskirts of Kyiv, a pilot project is underway to rebuild the country after the war.

Ukraine: How to Rebuild a Bombed Out Country

Thanks to analysis of videos on Telegram, social media posts, and articles and statements from Russian authorities, this episode of Sources tracks how Ukrainian children were forcibly taken from their parents or orphanages. Taken to Russia under the guise of keeping them safe from the conflict, these children were supposed to be temporarily relocated. But instead they are indoctrinated, given foster families, and even offered for adoption. This action has led to charges against Vladimir Putin and Maria Lvova-Belova, the Russian Commissioner for Children's Rights, by the International Criminal Court.

The Stolen Children of Ukraine

Nearly 20,000 Ukrainian children are thought to have been abducted and taken to Russia.

Data Sources

 In war it is often the children who suffer the most. Their stable home lives are destroyed and they have to flee. According to Ukrainian sources, 12,000 Ukrainian children have been taken to Russia, the Kremlin says they have been ‘brought home’.

Children of War

How is the war in Ukraine affecting children? According to Ukrainian sources, 12,000 Ukrainian children have been taken to Russia, the Kremlin says they have been ‘brought home’.

Tracks East

One aspect of the war in Ukraine is being played out in the shadows. Our reporter met partisans in the Kherson region, which was occupied by Russian forces until last November. These Ukrainian civilians have set up resistance networks in Russian-occupied territories.

Ukraine: Resistance in Occupied Territories

Our reporters met partisans in the Kherson region, which was occupied by Russian forces until last November. Ukrainian civilians there have set up resistance networks in Russian-occupied territories.

ARTE Reportage

The Kyiv techno scene treats partying as a vital part of live, in spite of the war. But these revellers are also deeply engaged in their nation’s struggle, helping to rebuild Ukraine.

The Kyiv techno scene isn't just about dancing: revellers are also helping to rebuild Ukraine.

Re: Kyiv's Techno Scene Helps Out

Across Europe millions of Ukrainian refugees have been taken in by families. But unaccompanied minors are excluded from refugee status. ARTE follows Ukrainian children welcomed in by French families. Will they have to go back to a warzone?

Re: Ukrainian Child Refugees in France

A Danish urban planner and cycling enthusiast delivers bicycles donated in Europe to Ukrainians who have no means of transport. In the war-torn country the humble bicycle is helping keep vital social services running.

Ukraine: Cycling Solidarity

In the war-torn country the humble bicycle is helping keep vital social services running.

With Russian missiles raining down over their cities, Ukrainians have no choice but to take refuge below ground. After more than a year of war, basements, bunkers and metro stations have become more than just temporary shelters. Tracks East looks at what life is like underground.

Underground

With Russian missiles raining down over their cities, Ukrainian have no choice but to take refuge underground. 

After a year of conflict in Ukraine, Mapping the World leaves the studio to visit the Baltic, a cold sea that is heating up with NATO-Russian tensions. Emilie Aubry goes aboard a French navy frigate to understand the challenges of this geostrategically important region.

24 Hours in the Baltic

After a year of conflict in Ukraine, Mapping the World leaves the studio to visit the Baltic, a cold sea that is heating up with NATO-Russian tensions.

Mapping the World

After Russia invaded Ukraine, Israeli photographer Edward Kaprov went to the Donbas, to Kharkiv, Kherson and Bakhmut to cover the conflict. He chose the collodion photographic process, a technique which provided the first war photography, during the Crimean War (1853-1856), to document today’s conflict. The Polka Magazine competition made this reportage possible.

Ukraine: A Photographer in Wartime

Israeli photographer Edward Kaprov went to the Donbas to cover the war in Ukrain using an old photographic technique used in the Crimean War.

In March 2022, the war between Ukraine and Russia is raging. While Russian troops are at the gates of Kyiv, this documentary films events in a paediatric hospital in Lviv treating the victims of the conflict. A powerful portrait of a doctor’s daily life in wartime.

While Russian troops are at the gates of Kyiv, this documentary films events in a paediatric hospital in Lviv. A powerful portrait of a doctor’s daily life in wartime.

Lviv - A Hospital in Wartime

It will soon be a year since Russia invaded their country, but Ukrainians remain optimistic: 88% of them are convinced that within ten years their country will be a member of the European Union and will enjoy prosperity. And many Ukrainian artists, singers, inventors and entrepreneurs believe that their country should not be reduced to the role of victim. Musician Olga Osinnya meets people in Kyiv who are looking towards the future with hope.

The Day After Tomorrow

Tracks East meets people in Kyiv who are looking towards the future with hope.

Tracks East interviews Ukrainians who refuse to take up arms and Russian men who have been living in fear of being called up since the call for partial mobilisation.

Tracks East - Mobilisation

Beginning in April, a phone line, website and text messages throughout Russia aimed at encouraging people to report the "suspicious" activities of anyone who does not support the Russian offensive, on behalf of the fight against extremism to justify the actions of the security forces against the opposition. Nearly 189,000 cameras monitor public space in Moscow, helping to install a general climate of fear where any divergence from the official Kremlin propaganda can have serious consequences.

Since April, Russians have been encouraged to denounce fellow citizens that disagree with the war on Ukraine. 

Russia: The Risk of Dissent

The bridge linking Crimea to Russia has been hit, railway cables have been cut in Germany, gas pipelines in the Baltic Sea have been sabotaged: Mapping the World looks at how infrastructure has become a target in the war in Ukraine.

Bridges, Rail, Cables: Targets in War

 Mapping the World looks at how infrastructure has become a target in the war in Ukraine.

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Tracks East finds out how militarisation, migration, and an increasing polarisation within society are affecting the mood in Poland as elections approach.

The Polish Paradox

Tracks East finds out how militarisation, migration and an increasing polarisation within society are affecting the mood in Poland as elections approach.

Eighteen months after Russia invaded Ukraine, how is Russian civil society coping with Putin’s dictatorial drift? Tracks East investigates with journalist and debunker of fake news, Masha Borzunova.

Daily life in Putin's Russia

Eighteen months after Russia invaded Ukraine, how is Russian civil society coping with Putin’s dictatorial drift?

In September 2022 the death of Mahsa Amini in police custody set off nationwide protests in Iran. One year on from this civil unrest, Tracks East meets the ultra-connected younger generation who demonstrate their opposition to the government through art and music.

Iranian Women Resist

Tracks East meets the ultra-connected younger generation who demonstrate their opposition to the government through art and music.

With the war in Ukraine, the spectre of a new food crisis is haunting Africa. Tracks East witnesses an artistic performance that revives the trauma of the great famine that decimated Ukraine in the 1930s. Ukrainian farmers working the land today are coming under Russian machine-gun fire. Finally, we head for Nairobi, where the distant war is weighing heavily on local people’s wallets.

Food: A Weapon of War

Tracks East witnesses an artistic performance that revives the trauma of the great famine that decimated Ukraine in the 1930s. 

In Russia, the regime has a musical army of pop artists who perform patriotic songs that glorify the Russian people. Some artists criticise the regime and are duly side-lined. What happens when pop music meets propaganda?

Pop, Power and Propaganda

The Russian regime has a musical army of pop artists who perform patriotic songs. What happens when pop music meets propaganda?

Since Russia invaded its neighbour, Ukrainian culture has been enjoying a revival. Folklore in particular is a means of resisting the invader by strengthening the country's cultural identity. Tracks East looks at the craze for traditional song and dance as well as the refusal of some artists to express their patriotism through music.

Anti-war Folklore

Tracks East looks at the craze for traditional song and dance in central and eastern Europe.

Summer in Europe is here, but with war raging in the east, is it even possible to go on holiday? In Ukraine some are trying to enjoy the beaches around Odessa and in the Russian resort of Sochi, the atmosphere is tense.

Summer, Sun...and War

Summer in Europe is here, but with war raging in the east, is relaxation possible? 

Who am I and where do I belong? Tracks East brings together artists who are asking themselves the fundamental question of their origins and identity.

Roots! Where Do You Come From?

Tracks East brings together artists who are asking themselves the fundamental question of their origins and identity.

The family should be a haven of peace, a model of cohesion. But what happens to this cocoon when it is shaken by political conflict and war? Some try to reinvent the bond while others cut ties.

When Politics Destroys Families

The family should be a haven of peace. But what happens when it is shaken by political conflict and war?

In many countries, the state wants to control your body: the clothes you wear, your facial hair and for women, even their pregnancies. Tracks East meets Polish journalist and mixed martial-arts fighter Maja Staśko to find out the situation in Poland and the world.

This is my body!

Polish journalist and MMA  fighter Maja Staśko find out how governments try to control their citizens bodies
 

Since Russia invaded its neighbour Ukraine, many are demanding cultural institutions not to programme Russian works. Is leaving out Tchaikovsky's "Swan Lake" or Chekhov's "Three Sisters" already a form of cancel culture? 

Cancel Russia?

Is deprogramming Tchaikovsky's "Swan Lake" or Chekhov's "Three Sisters" already a form of cancel culture? 

Since the wars that devastated the Balkans in the 1990s, the international community has continued to associate Southeastern Europe with a powder keg. Tracks East has therefore chosen to give a voice to young artists from Bosnia and Herzegovina, Serbia, and Kosovo who strive to portray a different image of this region of the world.

The Millennials of the Balkans

Artists from Bosnia and Herzegovina, Serbia, and Kosovo are striving to present a different image of Southeastern Europe.

Increasing authoritarianism means that Russian citizens have to decide: Do they stay quiet and allow freedom to die? Or do they speak up and risk changing their lives for ever? Tracks East meets Russians that could not accept the Putin dictatorship and now live in exile.

Anti-Putin Russians

Tracks East meets Russians that could not accept the Putin dictatorship and now live in exile.

A new generation has come of age in Turkey that doesn’t want to live like their parents. On social media, on comedy stages and in rap music a counterculture is flourishing. Filmmaker Ufuk Cam goes to Turkey to uncover the local scene.

Turkey: The New Generation

A new counterculture is flourishing in Turkey. Filmmaker Ufuk Cam goes there to uncover the local scene.

For many, the Eurovision Song Contest is the chance for a Pan-European party. But it is also highly political, especially for countries in Eastern Europe. When Ukrainian group Kalush Orchestra won in 2022, it was a message of European solidarity against Russian aggression.

Eurovision: Pop and Politics

For many, the Eurovision Song Contest is the chance for a Pan-European party. But it is also highly political, especially for countries in Eastern Europe

Can Russia be transformed from within? Russian journalist Mascha Borzunova and Russian actor Jean-Michel Scherbak give voice to people Putin wants to silence: dissidents, opponents and artists in Russia and in exile.

Putin's Russia: The Opposition

Tracks East gives voice to people Putin wants to silence: dissidents, opponents and artists in Russia and in exile.

Is pacifism still relevant as war rages in Ukraine? What is the point of peaceful demonstrations when the aggressor will stop at nothing? Tracks East gives a voice to the Ukrainian, Belarusian and Russian opposition and peace movements.

Pacifism: What’s the Point?

Is pacifism still relevant as war rages in Ukraine? What is the point of peaceful demonstrations when the aggressor will stop at nothing? 

How are young people in Moldova responding to the Russian threat to their country?
DJ Borș returned to Moldova when the war in Ukraine began. Like many in her generation, she feels in a state of limbo because no one knows what tomorrow will bring. With her initiative "Make Borș Not War", she is revitalising the party scene in Chisinau.

Moldova Next Generation: Putin's Next Victim?

How are young people in Moldova responding to the Russian threat to their country?

In Ukraine, long-distance love is the new normal. Indie pop icon Ingret Kostenko had a meteoric rise to fame until the Russian invasion forced her to flee to Germany. The man she loved was a soldier at the front and she went home regularly to see him. This separation is the inspiration for Ingret’s music.

Love in Wartime

Ukrainian Indie pop icon Ingret Kostenko is in a long-distance relationship with a soldier, the inspiration for her music.

Tracks goes east and meets artists and journalists to get a different perspective on the war in Ukraine.