Conflict Zone

Will the West betray Ukraine? Ukrainian MP & leader of Voice party says much will depend on the outcome of the US election. Kira Rudik told DW that Russia and China are preparing for a "bigger war."

Finland's Foreign Minister Elina Valtonen says there is no easy way back to relations with Russia. On Conflict Zone she speaks to Sarah Kelly about migration as a weapon in Russia's hybrid warfare and about Europe's continued support for Ukraine in defending itself against Russia's invasion.

Hardline diaspora affairs minister Amichai Chikli says he doesn't care about criticism of Israeli military goals, including an IDF spokesman's recent statements that "Hamas is an idea" and can't be militarily defeated. He also defended the use of bombing despite the high number of civilian casualties and advocated not accepting Palestinian statehood in the wake of the post-October 7 realities.

Ukrainian journalist and author Illia Ponomarenko refuses to give up hope and insists war shows how ordinary people can do incredible things. He tells DW that "life will prevail."

Poland’s new center-left government has launched a series of reforms since the far-right Law and Justice Party was ousted in 2023. Justice Minister Adam Bodnar tells DW Warsaw will need more time to complete the process.

The French president’s call for snap elections as he faces historic disapproval could put Le Pen’s far right party in power.

EU Commission Vice-President for Values and Transparency, Vera Jourova, and EPP President Manfred Weber talk to DW's Tim Sebastian about their concerns ahead of the European elections 2024.

Washington's former Mideast negotiator told DW he fears possible ICC arrest warrants seem to many Israelis as "creating moral equivalency" between Israeli officials and the Hamas leaders who ordered the October 7 attack.

Norwegian Refugee Council head Jan Egeland tells Tim Sebastian that the devastation in Gaza is already unprecedented and an Israeli military operation against Rafah would be a "bloodbath."

Ukraine can still win the war against Russia if the West steps up its game, the Baltic country's Foreign Minister Krisjanis Karins tells DW.