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Max Zander

Max Zander is a bilingual TV correspondent currently covering Russia's war in Ukraine for DW News. 

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Volunteers and police evacuate residents of Vovchansk as Russian troops attempt to seize the city

Ukraine battles Russian offensive in northeast

DW's Max Zander reports from Vovchansk, just a few kilometers from the Russian border.
ConflictsMay 16, 202404:28 min
DW Videostill I Soldatinnen in der Ukraine

Women in Ukraine's army fighting for the right to fight

More than 400,000 soldiers are serving in the Ukrainian military. Twenty percent of them are women.
ConflictsMarch 7, 202405:12 min
A soldier interacts with a horse in a stable

Ukrainian soldiers trained to cope with trauma

Ukraine is using traditional methods, and more uncommon techniques like animal therapy, to help build mental resilience.
ConflictsDecember 11, 202304:55 min
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Stories by Max Zander

Ukrainian soldiers at a checkpoint

In Ukraine, recruiters struggle to sign up new soldiers

In Ukraine, recruiters struggle to sign up new soldiers

Ukraine needs more soldiers, but not everyone wants to fight. Finding new recruits is becoming increasingly difficult.
ConflictsAugust 7, 202403:30 min
A red sign above a shop in Berlin reading: Nova Post

Ukraine startup shaking up Europe's parcel delivery market

Ukraine startup shaking up Europe's parcel delivery market

With millions of Ukrainians having fled abroad, Nova Post aims to reconnect them with an affordable and fast service.
BusinessJuly 25, 202403:55 min
Young people at the festival's entrance

Kyiv holds music festival despite war

Kyiv holds music festival despite war

Ukraine's largest music festival, Atlas United, has taken place for the first time since Russia invaded in early 2022.
MusicJuly 22, 202403:41 min
People wearing masks hold up what appears to be a cable outside Ohmatdyt Children's Hospital that was damaged during Russian missile strikes

Meet those treating Kyiv's children in destroyed hospital

Meet those treating Kyiv's children in destroyed hospital

In Ukraine's capital Kyiv, doctors and nurses continue treating children as best they can at a damaged hospital.
ConflictsJuly 15, 202404:17 min
Videostill | Drone Warfare in Ukraine

Meet the Ukrainian drone unit known as 'Peaky Blinders'

Meet the Ukrainian drone unit known as 'Peaky Blinders'

Ukrainian soldiers are trying to hold back a Russian incursion near Kharkiv. DW's Max Zander met them at the front lines
ConflictsMay 28, 202404:32 min
Ukrainian children in jackets and colorful backpacks walk into an underground bunker while an older male security guard and a female teacher look on

Kharkiv opens underground school to escape Russian bombs

Kharkiv opens underground school to escape Russian bombs

Hundreds of children in the city are now attending in-person classes in Ukraine's first underground school.
ConflictsMay 21, 202404:41 min
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