Trial by Fire
Ukraine in Times of War
11-12/2025
Manfred Sapper, Volker Weichsel (Ed.)
Berlin 2025 [ = Osteuropa, 11–12/2025]
336 pages, 45 figures, 7 maps
Price: 28,00 €
ISBN: 978-3-8305-5668-8
Deutsche Fassung
Contents
- War Crimes versus Public Spirit
Editorial - Ulrich Schmid
Italy as a Model
Paths to Ukrainian Nation-Building - Andrii Portnov
Conflict and Dialogue
Ukrainians, Russians, and the Ukrainian Question - Volodymyr Jermolenko
“We must not lose faith in ourselves”
On Language and Culture in Ukraine War and the State
- Nico Lange
“War Shapes Politics”
Logistics and Logic of the War in Ukraine - Andreas Heinemann-Grüder
How Wars (Don’t) End
Russia, Ukraine, and the Problem of Security - Nikolay Mitrokhin
Russia's War Against Ukraine
Weekly Reports January 2026 to March 2026 - András Rácz
Accelerated Arms Race
Russia and Ukraine in Drone Warfare - Oleksandra Tarkhanova
Collaboration or Survival
Ukrainian Criminal Law and Everyday Life Under Occupation - Aleksander Palikot, Jerzy Sobotta
On “Falcons” and “Missiles”
Military-Patriotic Education in Wartime Economy and Society
- Garry Poluschkin
Reorientation, Reform, Resilience
The Development of the Ukrainian Economy since 2014 - Roland Götz
International Support for Ukraine
Results of the Ukraine Support Tracker - Stephan von Cramon-Taubadel, Salome Gelashvili
Uprooted
Ukrainian Agriculture in Times of War - Ėlla Libanova
Demographics in War
Flight, Fertility, and Mortality - Maryna Rabinovych
Multiple Pressures
Ukrainian Universities and Science at War - Florian Hassel
Under Fire
The Ukrainian Railway - Mariia Tsaturian
Defeating the Monster
Corruption in the Ukrainian Energy Sector - Heiko Pleines
Under Pressure, but Undefeated
Ukrainian Oligarchs in Times of War - Roland Götz
Asymmetric Interdependence
Ukraine’s Energy Relations with Russia after the Collapse of the Soviet Union - Bastian Veigel
Backbone of the Resistance
Municipalities in Ukraine - Oksana Huss, Oleksandra Keudel
Test of Resilience
Ukrainian Municipalities in War - Oksana Chorna, Heiko Pleines
Alleviating Misery
Social Policy in Times of War - Kostiantyn Fedorenko
The Legacy of the Maidan
Ukrainian Engagement in Europe - Susann Worschech
New Beginning, Upheaval, or Fleeting Fad?
Ukraine Expertise in Germany 1991–2025