a willing emergency conflict in ukraine, a european war and 10 voices. russia's warri new cray, one year since the invasion began. we take a little back and into the future in the new money flow green. in february on d, w. with, oh, i know. 12 months ago, russian tanks rolled into ukraine, starting europe's biggest military conflict since world war 2. since then, the war has killed tens of thousands, forced millions to flee their homes,

and reduced entire cities to rebel. this week marks one year of living in a new era of global volatility and division. one where diplomacy and trade can no longer provide security. instead, the war continues to leave a trail of destruction also in the global economy. in this week's edition of made, we will be looking at the seismic repercussions of the war and people's businesses and livelihoods. let's look back on some of the events of the past year. and february 24th 2022, put into troops and her ukraine. launching a full scale assault on the country. after initial military victories progress stalls. hooton's attempts to capture the ukrainian capital key of failed evidence of mass civilian killings and war crimes surfaces after russian troops withdraw from boucher in april, more and more ukrainians flee the country. today. the number sense that 8000000

refugees, ukrainian businesses follow suit. many continue their work from abroad. europe reacts to the war with the most far reaching and severe sanctions in history. many western companies hold business with moscow. russia retaliate with an energy war 1st, by reducing its gas exports to germany, then by completely cutting deliveries. meanwhile, the situation on the ground is stalling, and january 2023. a group of western states commits to sending hundreds of tanks to support ukraine and the ongoing fighting of the 8000000 refugees who had to flee the war. many are from har. keith, ukraine's 2nd biggest city is located only an hour away from the russian border before the war car keith was he quince tech hub, and home to more than 450 i. t companies from february until may 2022. it was under constant bombardment to day harkey continues to be targeted by rockets,

but even without its tech hotspot, ukraine's i t sector is persevering. my tuttleton sca found out how natalia said omaha would normally be in khaki in east and ukraine. that's where some members of her team of program has, and software developers are still working. but because of the war, she is now working in krakow and neighboring poland. before getting down to work, she starts every day by checking in on her colleagues, english crane the with the all keep doing our best we understand that we have to outperform, to make sure that the are are successful and we are able to support our country. you know, i just wanted to show you a one. 0, best friends of these days like, oh my god,

i have the same. i don't have electricity right now, but the, the generate there is working. the star link is working. you also had like chance for all of the guys to go to the office to recharge the mobile devices. so there was almost no loss, but there is some problems in here with 3 city and water, for example, at my home. but there is no problem in office. so out by the game, stew, or his to keep on today. and yesterday also here in the light. here's the coffee. so we keep going and with steel resilience stronger like over ukrainians. who this is ha here. shortly after the 1st rush and ass strikes back in march, much of the city is still without power or phone service. telecom employees now working from a broader doing that best to help people still that are not our main problem at the

moment has to do with power outages and a loss of connectivity. because we can't always re stops. almost most of our people are working in her cave and we just don't know if they're safe or not in orchard with beth. oh, alice trick shaver has been back to the city 3 times to help on her 1st visit. she saw what the russian forces had done to her own home. these images were taken in may of this year at her house in a suburb of hi keith. several months later, she returned after the final battles and the withdrawal of the russian forces. all that was left

of her home was a burnt out shell. her colleagues now have the tough job of repairing destroyed internet cables. because there's no power they often have to use battery operated flashlights to do their work. the internet is a link with the outside world, and that's crucial both for high heave residents and companies still operating from their protective helmets and bullet proof vests are now part of the technicians basic equipment before the war, ukraine was home to a thriving h t sector employing some 250000 people. the sector is still strong. even managing growth of 23 percent this year, despite the war,

ukraine's hospitals are among the beneficiaries of the tech sector. we in west and the name a lot in defense of andre. so we benita harkey, we id that be within a while than want be younger, even us, and we continue to do it back in krakow, poland software developer, natalia said omaha has found an apartment, her children own school and they're learning polish. and yet they're keenly aware of being refugees. son did not express to lot. oh, i saw he grew up over night and uh for daughter, it was a big stress. her magic question was, why, why? what needed wrong like what i did wrong. why i lost everything. why? i don't have my front to be all come

a snails right now. a smell, always having a home with him on the back. we all are having a small you thought you claim. hark you, like i have been kind of on my bark, even though i'm here, i'm still in hurricane. i'm still in the ukraine. as governments have been re examining their ties with russia, businesses have been forced to do the same massive pressure from investors and consumers has meant that many western companies have started to unwind their investments, closed stores, and pause sales and russia. the world's largest technology company. apple is one of them. energy companies like shelby p and exxon mogul also cut ties folk song and mercedes have completely pulled out of the country. they've stopped exporting cars to russia and also closed all their russian productions. shortly after the start of

the war, streaming service, netflix went on offline and russia as well. but by far not all companies are following the boycott. wave german personal care rent new via, for example, still stalks russian stores. it stated that russians still need access to medical products. many pharma companies are arguing with the same moral dilemma, including bio, other international chains like burger king have remained involuntarily their contractual obligations don't allow for complete exit from russia. so despite public pressure is to boycott, what transpires in reality is a different picture. leaving russia is far from the status quo, and fact only 9 percent of western companies have caught ties with a country, according to us with study. this begs the question, our thank jones, against moscow, ineffective sanctions. we'll, we can rush is economy, so it will run out of money for its war in ukraine. that was the west's palm over

a 1000 russians the sanctioned. and the country spanks banned from international payment systems. so how is russia's economy fairing? the i m f says it will grow this year even more than germany's all the sanctions, not working experts, i'll divide it and i have, it becomes in general at least for the next one or 2 is the situation won't prove critical for the russian government. mister tish, china plays a key role. it is refused to impose sanctions and his replacing weston imports on a large scale. one 3rd of all russia's imports now come from china. she never me island course. i. unlike european countries in china was never a big investor in russia. the chinese would like to export more to russia was an export, but as for them, stepping in to fill the gap to support russian industry. now i have my doubts now

between rather it's a way for russia to limit the direct effects of the sanctions limited, but it's neither of sustainable future model nor substitute for the west kinds of come. so don't kind of fit in this. and then there's armenia, which is shipping electronic devices, including smartphones to russia on mass since the sanctions began armenian exports of electronic goods to russia have tripled. thanks to trading partners who refused to participate in the sanctions. so technically it's not illegal, wasn't as naturally i'm going in, i'm gonna, and they, of course russia belongs to a world that is ultimately bigger than the coalition of state. symposium sanctions in those states comprise of a big part of the global economy and and to count for half of the world's g, d p. the more but there's also the other hands and some of them held back at 1st i, they asthma now they're looking pretty hard to identify gaps in the russian market . they can fill out the hemoglobin is almost done in dimensionals and can still

high tech goods like micro chips, hardly find their way to russia as a saw. does it are true that components were missing? sharon, for example, automakers, assembly line stood still for months. and now cars are being produced without air bags in some cases, but there's also a big shortage of chips which indicates that good, precise ammunition can't be produced anymore. and that affects the construction of modern battle. thanks to dan constance. and how's the russian economy could slowly hemorrhage due to sanctions like the new oil price cap, which imposes a price ceiling on russia's major export oil society. and start the importance of instead of cutting off imports as they're now trying to cut off the money that pays for those employers via wherever they're coming from, like this the, in the long term that's the more promising a strategy, but only in the long term. because russia went into this war in very good shape, both in terms of its trade balance and its budget plans on. and it's going to take

a few years to push russia from this very stable situation to one where they're under pressure shopping. hot enables done and at allstate, but how long can the west maintain? it sounds, especially as it will also need billions of dollars to sustain ukraine for years to come. will the west eventually grow weary of sanctions? given high inflation at home is lower design. so yes, i think sanctions fatigue is partly related to inflated expectations about their efficacy. and if any ostensible successes fail to materialize, then of course public support to pay the price for these sanctions also sinks eyes at the same time. it's important to note that the economic restrictions we're seeing here are still much smaller than those the russian people are dealing with as that will medieval, such of effect on the invoice. so which site will demonstrate the greatest staying power in the long run? europe, sanctions against russia are the most far reaching and severe in the box history.

and the restrictions aren't just sitting moscow. businesses across europe are also feeling that economic warfare that includes germany's mechanical engineering factor . until recently, russia was one of its biggest clients. but last year, a trade with a country decreased by half. these machines build crankshaft, street, cars and railroad wheels some way as much as one and a half tons, milling drilling and grinding accurate to within 100 of a millimeter. these machines built at the nile simmons factory in the eastern german city of kenneth usually cost several $1000000.00 euros. each. c e o class claimer sells these systems around the world before the war and ukraine. many of his contracts came from russian companies, especially the railroad sector. the sanctions ended that practically over night. he suddenly had to find new contracts to retain his 350 employees. give it during,

if we're talking about roughly 10 to 15 percent of our revenue. we quickly had to change our entire strategy. our main markets now or north america and europe with a larger presence in germany. again finished our gov. we don't vote. we used to export 80 percent of our product. that's changed a lot. now it's more like 5050 log yahoo! from 3 simply. the real problem can be clearly seen outside of the factory on the company, crowns. huge crates, lots of them, packed and weather proof, materials finished products worth nearly 10000000 euros. there the 2nd half of an incomplete russian order inside the production manager is inspecting some more of the crates. the question is whether the company will be able to deliver the order to russia in the foreseeable future. gotten, it will be, these machines have been hanging around the assembly hall for almost

a year now. but we need to make space to process our 2023 orders by so we put them outside in packaging, usually reserved for c voyage has been written to machine. i was the high level many businesses in the cabinets region have similar problems, whether they're small to mid sized companies or international corporations. cabinets, formerly known as carl mark city during the g, d. r is a machine building regent with traditionally close ties to the former soviet union . they kenneth chamber of industry and commerce. as c. e. o, christoph, no bag says that most companies have been able to compensate for the loss of russian orders. the sanctions haven't caused a major slump in the foreign trade statistics that it is forbidden system. this is of course, thanks to major efforts by individual companies to open up a new market soiled up new customer basis soon love to bowl. that's why everything looks fine, statistically is as touch his but at an individual company level things are of

course, much harder written in. this is hard to respond with wonder fishery. no and no, i back noticed something else. some companies now see the rebuilding of ukraine as a potentially huge opportunity or even if no one knows when the war there will end turn yet as you'll cut unions, ukraine is really interesting in the sense that a lot of western aid and reconstruction funds are already going their eyes and bows acoya on, for example, in construction to rebuild or repair its damaged infrastructure are also besson of r m. o. but there's also a lot of investment in the health sector and even other areas of public service. it's really not a heavy hitter with its own shot for the machine makers at keys austin are also interested in ukraine. but as long as the bullets are still flying, c e. o yann's kettles, dine refuses to send any of his 45 employees into

a war zone. jesus dines equipment, purchases, wires accurate to within $100.00 of a millimeter. the company is the world market leader. when the sanctions were imposed almost a year ago, young casual dime was working on an order for a russian customer with half a 1000000 euros. he ended up having to pay 100000 years and cancellation fees. since then, keith's stein has developed new business ties in brazil and feel free to no longer connect to new markets. you have to meet certain requirements of those markets as the much broader language plays a huge role. of course that will at the moment we don't have any one in house who speaks portuguese, and so you also need to partner with someone over there. and those relationships need to be cultivated. michel that knowing this young fool young and then you have to make completely new investments trainings business trips that finding trips and inviting customers that we were fortunate to hold and international industry trade

fair in dusseldorf last summer, that little brazilian customers were at the fair. that's how our business relationship began to shift on bonding and inch. duncan's in the machine builders at niles. simmons are now trying to rebuild the expense of machinery that was slated for russia. so they can be used for a new order. this way. the machines can still be sold to other customers while europe is betting on sanctions, russia is weapon, ising oil and gas. in august 2022 put in stop delivering natural gas to the north stream. one pipeline, at the time, one megawatt hour of gas cost, $350.00 euros in germany. before the war. the price was between $10.20 heroes. since then, miler than expected. winter temperatures relaxed prices to day one, megawatt hour of gas costs 50 years. that's good news over all. but for energy

intensive businesses, it's still far too high. oh, when the price of electric energy threatens the company's existence. i other than that, it's a very demanding time for us. everything we're permanently in battle mode. come small. businesses have to find new ways to survive. is it no, am i and we're still in the middle of a fossil fuel war and the price is a very, very high. the high energy costs are a huge concern for this company, director more than 15 percent of his total expenses go to energy that several 1000000 euros per year. we hadn't thrown florida even before this crisis. we had the highest energy prices in europe. and now they've sort again, at the height of the crisis, they went up 6 fold physics, subtle. now that the market has comp somewhat another democracy that we're now at about 3 and a half times the original price lankson. that's still very high and

a big concern for the manufacturing company. it produces raw materials used by the chemical and cosmetics industries. materials like these exfoliating beads are used in many well known brands. the german government will subsidize electricity bills from march to help ease the pressure on small and medium sized companies like volley. for them, the subsidy will amount to around 40 percent of energy costs. i'm a, when this program ends in 2024 of the government won't be able to afford another 1000000000 euro package like it. so we are hoping the energy prices will have fallen again by then. you posit this time the, the root come, does the government's relief package only represent a brief respite? says it's very hard to say how energy prices will change. general claudia comfort is one of germany's leading energy experts. she thinks energy prices will continue

to be influenced by the ukraine war to lack of it. expect to see any sign of the price is easy as long as we're in the middle of it. well, that's why we have to make a clear distinction. fossil fuels are expensive, we have to shift away from them. other forms of energy far cheaper and they could cause prices to folic and in future. those other energy sources include bio gas, which is made from slurry. volley has built itself a bio gas plant where it produces its own cheaper electricity. well, no, none of us on live invested in a bio gas plant, which allows us to produce 50 percent of our own power. we want to expand this, and we will also invest in photovoltaics, and would pallet heating to prepare for a carbon neutral energy supply? the company also stabilizes foodstuffs like pumpkin seeds. the process uses steam, which makes it very energy intensive. until energy prices are lower,

it's all about cutting costs as much as possible. or we have changed our shift system from a 7 day system to a 5 day one. we've cut energy use wherever possible workers. we have turned down our heating in our offices and are taking all the measures we can to use as little energy as possible. we've also trained our staff to be mindful about energy use, but not only at work also, but also at home or some mutual balance in the form of provide them to do. in addition, the company needs to cut production costs, including staff. that's the only way it will be able to compete internationally in the long term against competitors whose energy costs are usually far lower. russia worn ukraine is not only being fought on the battlefield. put in is using rockets, pipelines, and hackers for the 1st time in modern history. cyber attacks are being used as

a key weapon. according to microsoft, the warren ukraine has opened a new era of international conflict. but what exactly is cyber warfare? what is cyber warfare? cyber warfare takes place in the virtual world. the weapons are digital and the soldiers that in front of computer screens, they can penetrate foreign networks unnoticed. on behalf of their country, they can control critical infrastructures such as power or telecommunications networks, resulting in millions of people being left in the dark, manufacturing screeching to a halt and entire industries collapsing. in addition to land, water, air, and outer space, cyberspace has become the next i mention for waiting war with spying, sabotage and terrorism. within the 1st 3 days of russia, martin to ukraine. cyber attacks on ukraine increased by 196 percent in response.

the activists collect of anonymous declared cyber war on the russian government. they are blocking russian propaganda, stealing data and crippling rushes. technological infrastructure. espionage and gathering intelligence have always been components of any international conflict. therefore, cyber espionage is an important strategy for governments that one to wage a covert war. that includes infiltrating critical infrastructure by using malware like viruses, worms, and trojan horses. china's secret police the m s. s. get blamed regularly for such operations. although they deny the accusations. a world that's almost completely digitized makes it easy for hackers to achieve their objectives. terrorists can attack civil infrastructures from anywhere in the world without having to actually be there. experts predict that cyber warfare will become the weapon of choice for the world's global superpowers. that's it from this episode of made and germany i

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