GERMANY PERSPECTIVE

Berlin covers the strikes with the sober rigor typical of Tagesschau — and one detail no one else contextualizes the same way. The German public broadcaster reminds viewers that "for more than four years, Ukraine has been defending itself against the invasion waged by Russia" and that "since the beginning of the war of aggression, Russia has attacked Ukraine almost every night."

The word "Angriffskrieg" — war of aggression — is no ordinary editorial choice in Germany. It is the legal term from Nuremberg, the one that condemned Nazi leaders. Using it to describe the Russian invasion places it within a historical continuum that Scholz's Zeitenwende formalized in 2022. Tagesschau does not say "conflict" or simply "war" — it says "war of aggression."

Factually, Tagesschau is one of the few outlets to explicitly note that Russia has expanded its air raids to daytime hours — a significant tactical shift that English-language media mention in passing. The coverage also reports the two children killed in the Krasnodar region, but under the heading "deaths in Ukrainian counter-attack." The word "Gegenangriff" — counter-attack — implies causality: Russia struck first, Ukraine struck back.