Overview
- Wednesday’s Maischberger focuses on recent drone attacks in Ukraine and German arms support, featuring ARD correspondent Vassili Golod and former ambassador to Moscow Rüdiger von Fritsch.
- Sky du Mont joins Maischberger to discuss his farewell to cinema and his view of German politics, with commentary from Theo Koll, Ulrike Herrmann and Vince Ebert.
- The Wednesday Markus Lanz edition, airing at 00:00 on Thursday due to football coverage, hosts war reporter Ibrahim Naber recounting a near-miss Russian drone strike in Ukraine.
- Investigative journalist Florian Flade presents reporting on Russian nuclear-related activity in the Arctic and an underwater surveillance system said to have used Western-sourced technology.
- Tuesday’s editions stayed domestic, with Lanz probing the CDU’s plan to confront the AfD in Sachsen-Anhalt and Maischberger examining the cityscape debate, social reforms and defense-industrial policy.