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Cassandra Vinograd

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Journalist | Now: @nytimes | Before: @60minutes @NBC @AP @WSJ | @pulitzercenter grantee

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Cassandra Vinograd @cvinograd.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
They began as modified motorboats. Now, Ukrainian sea drones act as miniature aircraft carriers — and other countries want in. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/30/w...
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How Ukraine’s Naval Drones Are Remaking War at Sea
They began as modified motorboats. Now, Ukrainian sea drones act as miniature aircraft carriers, and other countries want in.
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Cassandra Vinograd @cvinograd.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
In the frontline city of Izium, residents are grappling with a disturbing sense of déjà vu. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/11/w...
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Cassandra Vinograd @cvinograd.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
We’ve written a lot about how drones have changed the battlefield in Ukraine — with one effect being that both sides largely stopped using heavy armor. But I’d long wondered what HAPPENED to the long-sought Western tanks delivered to Ukraine. We went to find out www.nytimes.com/2026/08/25/w...
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What Happened to the Coveted Western Tanks Sent to Ukraine? (Gift Article)
Ukraine pleaded for the expensive weapons, and ultimately got them, but drones have rendered them almost unusable.
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Cassandra Vinograd @cvinograd.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
Rescue teams could no longer enter the city of Lyman, in eastern Ukraine, because it is deemed too dangerous. The only way out was a terrifying journey on foot. www.nytimes.com/2026/08/21/w...
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At 77, She Walked 9 Miles Under Drone-Filled Skies to Escape From ‘Hell’ (Gift Article)
Rescue teams no longer enter the city of Lyman, in eastern Ukraine, because it is deemed too dangerous. The only way out is a terrifying journey on foot.
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Cassandra Vinograd @cvinograd.bsky.social · 04/08/2026
Most have sandbags at the entrance. Many have shrapnel scars, or have been reduced to burned-out husks. All across Ukraine, gas stations tell the tale of a lethal new front in the war with Russia: www.nytimes.com/2026/08/04/w...
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Russia Turns Ukraine’s Gas Stations From Social Hubs Into Deadly Targets
Drone attacks have hit hundreds of gas stations in apparent retaliation for Ukraine’s attacks on Russian oil refineries.
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Cassandra Vinograd @cvinograd.bsky.social · 22/06/2026
While Ukraine's fortunes have improved on some parts of the battlefield, in the Donetsk region they've taken a sharp turn for the worse. Sharing our latest from the "fortress belt," where residents fear is the beginning of the end for their cities. www.nytimes.com/2026/06/22/w...
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Thousands Are Fleeing Ukraine’s Donbas Strongholds as Russia Pushes Closer
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Cassandra Vinograd @cvinograd.bsky.social · 20/04/2026
Can't believe it’s been 15 years since we lost Hondros — an incredible photographer and an even more extraordinary friend. Thinking of my buddy today & often. He is still so deeply, deeply missed. Help honor his legacy & memory by supporting @hondrosfund: www.chrishondrosfund.org/donate
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Cassandra Vinograd @cvinograd.bsky.social · 15/04/2026
Neither snow nor rain nor Russian glide bombs have kept Oleksiy Klochkovsky from making his appointed rounds for Nova Poshta, a private postal service in Ukraine.
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Cassandra Vinograd @cvinograd.bsky.social · 26/02/2026
Air-raid sirens have become an eerie soundtrack to the war in Ukraine, a shared experience for people in towns and cities across the country. But how they actually work — and who is behind them — has been a closely guarded secret. www.nytimes.com/2026/02/26/w...
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The Secret of How Ukraine’s Lifesaving Air-Raid Alarms Work
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Cassandra Vinograd @cvinograd.bsky.social · 13/02/2026
The Russians call them Baba Yaga, after the child-eating witch in Slavic folklore who hunts at night. But to some Ukrainian soldiers stuck in frontline trenches, these drones are called “mama.” Here’s why www.nytimes.com/2026/02/12/w...
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Cassandra Vinograd @cvinograd.bsky.social · 12/02/2026
These Ukrainian drones don’t just kill. www.nytimes.com/2026/02/12/w...
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Cassandra Vinograd @cvinograd.bsky.social · 10/02/2026
Natalia Kazak, 76, had no light, heat or working stove. She sat shrouded in sweaters to stay warm. When asked how she was doing, she began to sob. “I didn’t think I would have an old age like this,” she said. “Please don’t forget about us.” www.nytimes.com/2026/02/10/w...
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Russia Knocked Out the Heat. So She Slept in a Tent on Her Bed.
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Cassandra Vinograd @cvinograd.bsky.social · 26/01/2026
Our latest looks at the evolution of winter warfare in Ukraine — and what it means for soldiers currently on the front lines www.nytimes.com/2026/01/26/w...
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A Winter Lull in the Fighting? Not in the Age of Drone Warfare.
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Cassandra Vinograd @cvinograd.bsky.social · 01/01/2026
We spent New Year’s with soldiers in eastern Ukraine. For many of them, it was not the moment to make big resolutions. Few see the war ending anytime soon. The goal for the coming year, one said, was simply to survive. www.nytimes.com/2026/01/01/w...
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Cassandra Vinograd @cvinograd.bsky.social · 28/12/2025
Serhii Tyschenko, a Ukrainian combat medic, spent 472 days in a bunker on the front line. His case appears to be the most extreme example of an issue that has long plagued Kyiv’s military. www.nytimes.com/2025/12/27/w...
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‘Counting Every Day’: The Soldier Who Spent More Than a Year on the Front Line
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Cassandra Vinograd @cvinograd.bsky.social · 03/11/2025
Two decades ago, the word “Darfur” rippled across the world as a symbol of unchecked atrocities in a distant land. Today, it is happening again, @declanwalsh.bsky.social writes www.nytimes.com/2025/11/02/w...
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A Massacre Unfolding in Sudan
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Cassandra Vinograd @cvinograd.bsky.social · 16/10/2025
"This is a sad day for those who support a free press,” said Nancy A. Youssef, a longtime Pentagon correspondent. “But I’m incredibly honored to be part of a press corps that stuck together and was committed to protecting our First Amendment rights." www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...
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Reporters leave Pentagon en masse after refusing to sign on to new rules
After turning in their press credentials, journalists covering the Defense Department walked out of the Pentagon rather than comply with its restrictive policies.
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Cassandra Vinograd @cvinograd.bsky.social · 15/09/2025
The last functioning hospital has been bombed 30+ times. Between 30-40 severely malnourished children arrive every day. There’s nothing to give them but animal feed. Civilians trapped in El Fasher face a dire choice: risk being starved or bombed if they stay, and raped or killed if they flee.
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Starving Children Eat Animal Feed in Besieged Sudanese City
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Cassandra Vinograd @cvinograd.bsky.social · 25/08/2025
“Our children are the future of this country,” said Olha, 39, a combat medic in eastern Ukraine who gave birth to a girl in May. “We have to protect our children. And we have to liberate the country for their future.”
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Cassandra Vinograd @cvinograd.bsky.social · 25/08/2025
While many militaries remove pregnant soldiers from combat zones, Ukrainian women serve until their 7th month. That's in a military that is ill-equipped to support them — from uniforms to a lack of prenatal care — amid the other challenges of fighting the war. www.nytimes.com/2025/08/25/w...
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Expecting on the Front Lines: Motherhood in Ukraine’s Military
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Cassandra Vinograd @cvinograd.bsky.social · 13/08/2025
Sudan suffers from a neglect and indifference that seems to reflect the new shape of global politics, @ishaantharoor.bsky.social writes www.washingtonpost.com/world/2025/0...
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Column | Sudan’s calamity and ‘the end of the liberal world order’
Sudan suffers from a neglect and indifference that seems to reflect the new shape of global politics.
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Cassandra Vinograd @cvinograd.bsky.social · 11/08/2025
Inside a Houthi attack on a passing cargo ship www.washingtonpost.com/world/2025/0...
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The Houthis want to punish Israel. Filipinos are bearing the cost.
Inside the deadly Houthi attack on the MV Tutor, a cargo ship carrying coal from Russia to India through the Red Sea.
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Cassandra Vinograd @cvinograd.bsky.social · 03/08/2025
Read this. www.washingtonpost.com/world/2025/0...
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In a Ukrainian maternity ward, a Russian missile delivered death
A missile killed Diana Koshyk and her unborn son in the hospital where she was being treated, near a building Ukrainian soldiers used as a warehouse.
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Cassandra Vinograd @cvinograd.bsky.social · 06/06/2025
On the anniversary of D-Day, resharing this conversation thread with my father about his experience 81 years ago. So glad I’ll be seeing him very soon (ice cream is already stocked). #DDay81 x.com/cassvinograd...
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Mediazona English @en.zona.media · 05/06/2025
Russian courts are flooded with claims to declare a person missing or dead—and most of them are the result of the war with Ukraine. The first five months of 2025 alrady saw more clames than the record-breaking 2024, Mediazona reveals: en.zona.media/article/2025...
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Cassandra Vinograd @cvinograd.bsky.social · 05/06/2025
See the Countries Under Trump’s New Travel Ban www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
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Map: See the Countries Under Trump’s New Travel Ban
Restrictions on travel will affect people from more than a dozen countries worldwide.
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Cassandra Vinograd @cvinograd.bsky.social · 05/06/2025
President Trump signed a travel ban on 12 countries, primarily in Africa and the Middle East. Full story: www.nytimes.com/2025/06/04/u...
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‘We Don’t Want Them’: Trump Signs Travel Ban on Citizens From 12 Countries
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Cassandra Vinograd @cvinograd.bsky.social · 29/04/2025
Read this.
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Cassandra Vinograd @cvinograd.bsky.social · 20/04/2025
A draft White House executive order proposes a drastic restructuring of the State Department, including eliminating almost all of its Africa operations and shutting down embassies and consulates across the continent, @ewong.bsky.social reports www.nytimes.com/2025/04/20/u...
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Trump Draft Order Would Drastically Overhaul U.S. State Department
The draft executive order to be signed by President Trump would eliminate Africa operations and shut down bureaus working on democracy, human rights and refugee issues.
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Cassandra Vinograd @cvinograd.bsky.social · 20/04/2025
Read this. www.nytimes.com/2025/04/19/w...
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As Famine Rages in Sudan, U.S. Aid Remains Scarce
The stark consequences of the rollback are evident in few places as clearly as in Sudan, where a brutal civil war has combined with a staggering humanitarian catastrophe.
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Cassandra Vinograd @cvinograd.bsky.social · 14/04/2025
As Ukraine grapples with a war raging on its eastern front and Russian attacks on its cities, one lawmaker is working on something that he says could help the nation in several ways: legalizing porn.
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In Ukraine, Porn Is Illegal. So Why Are Its Creators Paying Taxes?
Ukraine makes tax revenue off the creators of pornographic content, but also threatens them with prosecution. A draft law aims to fix what many say is an unfair contradiction.
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Cassandra Vinograd @cvinograd.bsky.social · 17/03/2025
Amid all the talk of cease-fire negotiations, the war is still very much ongoing. Hope you'll read this dispatch from Sloviansk — a Ukrainian town long in Russia's crosshairs.
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In Ukraine’s Frontline Town of Sloviansk, a Taste of Normalcy Beckons
Sushi has long been a popular indulgence in Ukraine. For the residents of Sloviansk, a city in Russian cross hairs, it can provide a sense of normalcy that is akin to a necessity in wartime.
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Cassandra Vinograd @cvinograd.bsky.social · 06/03/2025
“Trump has maintained that Putin has sent “strong signals” that he is ready for peace. However, since the two men spoke on Feb. 12, Russia’s bombardment of Ukrainian infrastructure and towns and cities from the front has only intensified. More than 90 civilians have been killed since then.”
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Missile Strikes Hotel in Zelensky’s Hometown in Ukraine
At least four people were killed in a Russian attack, Ukraine said, amid concerns about air defenses after the U.S. said it was suspending military and intelligence aid.
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Vera Bergengruen @verambergen.bsky.social · 05/03/2025
"The suspension of intelligence sharing to Ukraine is a major concession to Russian President Vladimir Putin, who has said that U.S. involvement in weapons targeting has made Washington a virtual combatant of the war." www.wsj.com/world/trump-...
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Trump Suspends Intelligence Sharing With Ukraine
The move deprives Kyiv of a key tool in fighting Russian forces.
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Cassandra Vinograd @cvinograd.bsky.social · 03/03/2025
Mohammad Javad Zarif, the former Iranian foreign minister who was key to the country’s 2015 nuclear deal with world powers, has tendered his resignation. Zarif had served as VP and long been a target of hard-liners within Iran's theocracy. apnews.com/article/iran...
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Iranian government official who was key to 2015 nuclear deal resigns under hard-liner pressure
An Iranian official who was key to the country's 2015 nuclear deal with world powers has reportedly tendered his resignation from the government of reformist President Masoud Pezeshkian.
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Cassandra Vinograd @cvinograd.bsky.social · 03/03/2025
“We are at a crossroads in history,” Starmer said after the meeting. “Europe must do the heavy lifting.” www.nytimes.com/2025/03/02/w...
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Europe Races to Repair a Split Between the U.S. and Ukraine
European leaders pledge to assemble a “coalition of the willing” to develop a plan for ending Ukraine’s war with Russia, which they hope could win the backing of a skeptical President Trump.
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Cassandra Vinograd @cvinograd.bsky.social · 01/03/2025
“Today, I was not ashamed of my president and my country. I am not sure that the Americans can say the same,” said Vitaly Deinega. www.nytimes.com/2025/02/28/w...
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Ukrainians Blindsided by Deal’s Breakdown and by Trump’s Actions
Some said they felt the U.S. president was disrespectful and that they were proud of their leader for standing up to him.
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Cassandra Vinograd @cvinograd.bsky.social · 28/02/2025
European leaders are putting out messages of solidarity with Zelensky after the Oval Office incident.
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Cassandra Vinograd @cvinograd.bsky.social · 26/02/2025
"Trump is recalibrating America’s place in the world... positioning the U.S. in the camp of the globe’s chief rogue states in opposition to the countries that have been America’s best friends since World War II or before," @peterbakernyt.bsky.social writes www.nytimes.com/2025/02/25/u...
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Under Trump, America’s New Friends: Russia, North Korea and Belarus
When it comes to the war in Ukraine, President Trump finds common cause with the world’s outlier states and stands against traditional U.S. allies like Britain, France, Germany, Canada, Japan and Ital...
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Cassandra Vinograd @cvinograd.bsky.social · 26/02/2025
"Experts can't recall a precedent for the US, or any other country, extracting cash or resources from its own allies during a time of war...Trump’s transactional diplomacy sends a msg to allies that the US can't be trusted to help its friends or honor its obligations" www.nytimes.com/2025/02/25/w...
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Trump’s Ukraine Mineral Deal Is Seen as ‘Protection Racket’ Diplomacy
The United States wants to be paid in exchange for helping the country fend off an invader.
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Cassandra Vinograd @cvinograd.bsky.social · 24/02/2025
“We are trying not to give this war to our children,” he said. “Maybe his violin will be his weapon.”
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Three years in, Ukrainian fathers fear passing the war on to their sons
Fathers and sons wrestle with what it means to be a man in a country embroiled in war.
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Cassandra Vinograd @cvinograd.bsky.social · 24/02/2025
Foreign leaders visit Ukraine to show their support on war’s third anniversary apnews.com/article/russ...
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Foreign leaders visit Ukraine to show their support on war's third anniversary
A dozen leaders from Europe and Canada are visiting Ukraine’s capital to mark the third anniversary of Russia’s invasion in a show of support by some of Kyiv’s most important backers for the nation at...
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Cassandra Vinograd @cvinograd.bsky.social · 20/02/2025
President Trump is rewriting the history of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, @peterbakernyt.bsky.social writes. "Trump’s revisionism sets the stage for a geopolitical about-face unlike any in generations." www.nytimes.com/2025/02/19/u...
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Trump Flips the Script on the Ukraine War, Blaming Zelensky Not Putin
As he seeks to negotiate a peace deal with Moscow, President Trump is rewriting the history of Russia’s invasion of its neighbor.
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Cassandra Vinograd @cvinograd.bsky.social · 07/02/2025
They stand in a small crowd outside the large metal gate, tense and waiting in the dark. Most look weighed down, both by stress and by overstuffed plastic bags — all for men who won't be coming home anytime soon.
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At a Draft Site in Ukraine, an Anguished Wait for a Chance to Say Goodbye
The Ukrainian authorities are rounding up recruits. Relatives huddle at a center on the edge of Kyiv for a chance to see loved ones before they’re shipped to war.
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Cassandra Vinograd @cvinograd.bsky.social · 05/02/2025
The mass removal of thousands of staffers would doom billions of dollars in projects in some 120 countries, including security assistance to partners such as Ukraine as well as development work for clean water, job training and education, including for schoolgirls under Taliban rule in Afghanistan.
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Cassandra Vinograd @cvinograd.bsky.social · 05/02/2025
"The Trump administration said it is pulling almost all USAID workers off the job and out of the field worldwide, moving to all but end a six-decade mission to shore up American security by fighting starvation, funding education and working to end epidemics." apnews.com/article/trum...
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Trump administration pulling almost all USAID workers off the job worldwide
The move had been rumored for several days and a notice posted online gives the workers 30 days to return home.
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Cassandra Vinograd @cvinograd.bsky.social · 18/01/2025
Russia attacked Kyiv this morning with ballistic missiles, killing at least three people.
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Cassandra Vinograd @cvinograd.bsky.social · 08/01/2025
Russia bombed the city of Zaporizhzhia in southeastern Ukraine, killing at least 13 people and wounding dozens in a brazen daytime attack. www.nytimes.com/2025/01/08/w...
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Russian Strike Kills 13 in Southeastern Ukraine
The attack came hours after Ukraine’s military attacked an oil depot deep inside Russia.
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Cassandra Vinograd @cvinograd.bsky.social · 07/01/2025
The United States has declared that a genocide took place in Sudan, drawing fresh attention to the scale of atrocities in Africa’s largest war www.nytimes.com/2025/01/07/w...
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U.S. Says Sudan’s R.S.F. Committed Genocide and Sanctions Its Leader
A force fighting Sudan’s army in a brutal civil war committed massacres and rape that amount to genocide, the Secretary of State said. The United States sanctioned its leader and financial network.
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Cassandra Vinograd @cvinograd.bsky.social · 19/12/2024
“We are dying from fear,” she said. “It’s as though our hearts are in our hands.”
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Revenge attacks in post-Assad Syria fuel fear and mistrust
Across Syria, the country’s rebel leaders are struggling to contain revenge attacks, as vigilantes seize on the chaos of the moment to settle personal scores.
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