Krisen-Reporter Jan Jessen berichtet
In Crisis Mode
Veröffentlicht am 24.06.2026 / 04:55
This episode was made with AI.
Posad-Pokrovske, near Kherson, was meant to become a symbol of Ukraine's reconstruction. When Jan Jessen visited the village a year ago, new houses were still little more than shells and hopes for the future were high. Today, many homes have been completed, families have returned, and children are once again playing in the streets.
But the war has not gone away.
FPV drones are once again targeting gas stations, shops and other civilian locations. Residents speak of renewed fear, inadequate protection and the challenges of everyday life.
In this episode of Im Krisenmodus, FUNKE war correspondent Jan Jessen talks to people who stayed or came back. They speak about rebuilding and loss, about missing infrastructure, and about why they refuse to abandon their home despite everything.
A report from a village caught between hope and danger – and about what reconstruction really means in the midst of an ongoing war.
Oleh Dolholutskyi (41), founder of the initiative “More Action, Less Talk”
On grief, security gaps and protective nets that are still lying unused because there are no poles to install them.
Ivan, attendant at the Ukrnafta gas station
On the nighttime drone strike and the first fragmentation vest he has ever worn.
Vadym
On daily life under the threat of drones and kamikaze attacks.
Volodymyr Mikheiev (62)
On crumbling infrastructure and why military vehicles should not park directly outside the village store.
Lena
On the journey from ruins to the sound of children laughing – and why rebuilding may take another decade, if support continues.
Oleksandra (“Sasha”)
On home, belonging and the decision to raise her family in the village.
Vasyl Rakovskyi
On the park, the children and trees taking root in bomb craters.
Svitlana, council member in the settlement of Promin
On the mobile cinema project and giving children brief moments of normality.
Jan Jessen
Political Editor-in-Chief of NRZ and war and crisis correspondent for FUNKE Media Group.
A year ago, the village embodied hope and reconstruction. Jan Jessen returns to ask: what has become of those hopes?
Gas stations, shops and roads are once again coming under attack from FPV drones. Residents describe how they cope with the constant threat.
Reconstruction is visible. But many people still struggle with inadequate infrastructure, unreliable water supplies and a lack of protection.
Despite war, fear and destruction, families are returning. Residents explain why they refuse to give up their home.
Parks, film screenings and new gathering places are giving children back something the war has taken from them: a sense of normal life.
Posad-Pokrovske is changing. But the attacks continue. What will it take for reconstruction to mean more than simply building new houses?
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