If you want to understand more about the situation in and around #Pokrovsk, I really recommend this video by @kyivindependent.com : m.youtube.com/watch?v=detE...

Der #Korruptionsskandal in der #Ukraine, der bis in die höchsten politichen Kreise reicht, erschüttert zu Recht das Land und sorgt auch international für Aufsehen. Warum ich dem Fall dennoch auch etwas positives abgewinnen kann, erkläre ich in der Frankfurter Rundschau: www.fr.de/politik/ukra...

Die Schlacht um Pokrovs’k ist noch nicht zu Ende. Auch an anderen Frontabschnitten steht die ukrainische Armee unter Druck, hält aber stand. Das nächste Ziel der Okkupationstruppen ist Kramators’k, das bereits mit Gleitbomben und Drohnen angegriffen wird. zeitschrift-osteuropa.de/blog/im-kess...

Aber hey - Gen Z ist faul & arbeitsscheu…

Availability of electricity at my home today. Let me remind you that russian attacks against Ukraine's energy system are recognized as a crime against humanity per International Criminal Court. #russiaIsATerroristState #Makerussiapay

“I've been a commander for seven months now," said Vova. "In that time, about 2,000 guys have passed through my unit. Three-quarters of them are no longer here. It's only because they have given their lives that we are sitting here now, instead of the Russians." www.cbc.ca/news/world/u...

#Putin always praises the he stands for stability. Well, that’s a stable reputation, #Russia! In the current global reputation ranking, Russia rocks the bottom again. Good work, Vladimir. Service info: bombing, terrorizing and annexing neighbors don‘t help if you want to have a good reputation

Guter, aber auch deprimierender Einblick in das Leben aktuell in Kyjiw und weiten Teilen der Ukraine, wo es immer häufiger Probleme mit der Stromversorgung gibt, da Russland diese intensiv ins Visier nimmt.

Australia has so much electricity from solar power that it is going to start offering free electricity to everyone for at least three hours during the day as the wholesale price of power goes negative electrek.co/2025/11/04/a...

Die neue Ausgabe der Ukraine-Analysen befasst sich mit einem schwer zu ertragendem Thema: Russlands #Kriegsverbrechen in der #Ukraine und deren juristische Aufarbeitung. Welche Verbrechen gibt es & vor welchen Herausforderungen steht die int. & 🇺🇦 Justiz? 👉 laender-analysen.de/ukraine-anal...

A chaotic situation with many Russian troops already in the city and very bleak prospects for #Pokrovsk, as a Ukrainian soldier describes it. It seems, the city (or what's left of it) will be lost soon. Important reporting from @hromadske.bsky.social: hromadske.ua/en/war/25400...

Reminder 📣 Job Opportunity at IOS Regensburg! Postdoctoral Academic Coordinator (f/m/d) for the KonKoop Early Career Lab on Peace & Conflict Studies (focus: Eastern & Southeastern Europe). Apply by 9 Nov 2025 → www.leibniz-ios.de/en/vacancies... #academia #peacestudies #EasternEurope #jobsinresearch

Wow! For people working on language and identity issues in #Ukraine, that’s quite a dataset!

Das Überleben an der Front hängt oft am seidenen Faden…unglaubliche Geschichte: www.dekoder.org/de/artcle/uk...

Für alle, die vom bequemen Sofa aus sagen: die #Ukraine solle die besetzten Gebiete an Russland ab- und damit die Menschen dort aufgeben, denen empfehle ich diesen Bericht. 👇 Russische Okkupation ist lediglich die Fortsetzung des Kriegs gegen die Ukrainer:innen mit anderen Mitteln.

"Heute und Gestern" hat ein starkes Heft mit #Ukraine-Schwerpunkt herausgebracht, u.a. mit Beiträgen von @umland.bsky.social, @efdavies.bsky.social, @jakluge.de, @niktwick.bsky.social. Ich habe etwas zur ukrainischen Innenpolitik geschrieben: h-und-g.info/forum/schwer...

Russian occupation is hell. Or even worse. 👇

Wie wirkt sich der Krieg in der Ukraine auf die Lebenszufriedenheit und da Glücksempfinden der Menschen aus? Was sind die größten Stressoren? Mehr dazu in der neuen Ausgabe der Ukraine-Analysen: laender-analysen.de/ukraine-anal...

17 chapters, 470 pages, and 169350 words - what a manuscript! Now proofreading, and then the edited volume by Michael Dobbins and me on „The political system of Ukraine“ will be submitted to the publisher. Looking forward seeing the result of the hard work of the last months finally out there!

We are celebrating today’s International Translation Day with the launch of a project we’ve been dreaming about for years! 🎉 Here is Chapter Ukraine – an interactive digital platform that brings together comprehensive information about Ukrainian books available in translation: chapterukraine.com

For good data-driven journalism about Ukraine, follow (and support!) @texty.org - they‘re doing great stuff!

Breaking: The Ukrainian project I_Want_To_Live has published a photo of a document with Russian losses over 8 months, from January to September 2025. According to it, total KIA numbers 86,744, roughly 10,843 per month, which is very close to our earlier estimates. Total losses are 281,550

Morgen findet diese VA des @kiu-network.bsky.social am @zois.bsky.social in Berlin statt. Ich freue mich, mit @susannworschech.bsky.social, @anastasiarodi.bsky.social und Michael Dobbins über die aktuelle Lage in Politik & Gesellschaft der 🇺🇦 zu diskutieren. Wird gut! Also, rumkommen & weitersagen!

The "Holocaust by bullets" is barely known. The Nazis murdered 1.6 million Jews in Soviet Ukraine, 500k in Belarus and 120k in Russia. 80% were shot like "The Last Jew in Vinnitsa" in the picture (in fact, Berdychiv). Now, the perpetrator has been identified. www.theguardian.com/world/2025/o...

👇well said…(read the whole thread)

Nächste Woche am ZOiS, diese Woche noch anmelden! @susannworschech.bsky.social und Politikwissenschaftler Michael Dobbins präsentieren zwei neue Sammelbände zu Demokratie und Zivilgesellschaft in der #Ukraine: www.zois-berlin.de/veranstaltun...

Das Massaker von #BabynJar jährt sich heute zum 84. Mal. In 2 Tagen erschossen die Nationalsozialisten und ihre Helfer 33.000 Jüd:innen bei Kyjiw. Im deutschen kulturellen Gedächtnis ist Babyn Jar nur wenig verankert. Umso wichtiger sind solche Texte von @dekoder.org: war.dekoder.org/de/die-schlu...

Schöner Nachruf auf Davyd Chychkan, dessen Tod ein herber Verlust ist für die linke ukrainische Kultur. RIP, Davyd. berlinergazette.de/de/nachruf-a...

1/ "Ukraine is a very corrupt country" is a typical sentence people hear. While #corruption persists (as everywhere), #Ukraine is fighting it, as the new @oecd-ocde.bsky.social #Anti-Corruption Monitoring Report shows: In 4 areas 🇺🇦 performed "outstandingly" - despite the war!

If I had to invent a Russian villain for a US blockbuster about a nasty, corrupt Russian official, he would be called IVAN KRASNOV and would be a lookalike of the new head of Russia‘s Supreme Court named…

📈Did you know that Economists for Ukraine has created a repository of research papers on #Ukraine and the Russian invasion? It includes categories such as finance, sanctions, trade, agriculture, energy, labor markets, and governance. #EconSky See our database: econ4ua.org/research-rep...

Really insightful reporting on Ukraine‘s new brigade:

I had the opportunity to explain the work of our Discuss Data project for the Konkoop research network. If you’re interested, have a look: #RDM #data

Nächste Woche Mittwoch (24.9) moderiere ich in #Hannover die Vorstellung des Buches von @siegert.bsky.social zur Frage, wie es mit #Russland zukünftig wohl weitergeht: Nach dem Krieg, nach #Putin. Die Veranstaltung ist kostenlos & ohne Anmeldung, mehr Infos: www.hannover.de/Kultur-Freiz...

Yeah, right. Russia escalates with record drone strikes on Ukraine and targeted drone strikes on Poland = NATO and the German reaction is: we cut 10billion in aid…

Macron, Starmer, Merz, Meloni, Frederiksen - Ukraine's supporters all face huge domestic problems, as their approval ratings are in the basement... Interestingly, Zelensky, whom Trump sometimes denied his legitimacy, has a positive (!) net approval rating of 23% at home.

Sie "schützen" einfach so gut, dass bald niemand mehr da ist um beschützt zu werden. Dann hat Putin sein Ziel erreicht.

@uilleamblacker.bsky.social: "Institutions that are built around the idea of ‘Russia and Eastern Europe’, or even Slavic Studies, are something akin to the fossil fuel industries. If we want to find a sustainable and ethical way forward, they are no longer tenable" www.eurozine.com/russia-is-no...

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2/2 and then read this longer text, based on the example of #Poland, that shows why it’s so difficult to go back to normal after such developments: www.journalofdemocracy.org/articles/dem...

1/2 two reading recommendations: read this text first, where the author shows how #Trump incrementally is pushing the US towards an increasingly autocratic regime: www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

We’re excited about the success of our first #DiscussDataLab we had this week! From challenges of data preparation/publication/visualization to ethics, methodology, and exchanges on participants’ own research data - it was a great & insightful workshop. Many thanks to all participants & experts!

Interesting opportunity for PhDs from #Ukraine: The Weiser Center for Europe and Eurasia (WCEE) at the University of Michigan invites applications for WCEE Research Fellowships for advanced Ukrainian #PhD students. More info & application: ii.umich.edu/wcee/initiat... #academia #jobs

But Russian boots on Ukrainian soil? Totally acceptable, of course 🤡 None of this would even be a discussion if Russia hadn’t invaded in the first place. After 2014, nobody in the West thought this was an option. And now, as Russia continues and even intensifies it‘s attacks, this is a pseudo-debate

Service is temporarily unavailable because our smm-manager was drafted. Btw, if you're in Ukraine and want to work for @pravda.ua drop a line and your CV: [email protected]

Yesterday, Appaz Kurtamet, one of the youngest Ukrainian civilian prisoners illegally detained by Russia, turned 23. Please write him a birthday card. Because of censorship, it needs to be in Russian. Write something like "С днем рождения, дорогой Аппаз! Не теряйте надежду, мы думаем о вас!"

this is a remarkable report about how bleak service in the Russian military is (gift link)

Heute beginnt der Regierungsumbau in der #Ukraine: Premier #Schmyhal wird um 13h in der Rada den Rücktritt einreichen, für die Entlassung sind min. 226 Stimmen nötig. Morgen folgt die Abstimmung über Julija #Swyrydenko, die von der Regierungspartei als neue Premierministerin vorgeschlagen wurde

That’s a really fascinating #data set on #Ukraine, showing how #poverty significantly decreased especially between 1997-2007, and a new middle class emerged and increased after 2017 👇