Cassandra Vinograd

A Massacre Unfolding in Sudan

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...

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.

"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...

Starving Children Eat Animal Feed in Besieged Sudanese City

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.

“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.”

Expecting on the Front Lines: Motherhood in Ukraine’s Military

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...

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.

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...

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.

Inside a Houthi attack on a passing cargo ship www.washingtonpost.com/world/2025/0...

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.

Read this. www.washingtonpost.com/world/2025/0...

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...

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:

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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.

See the Countries Under Trump’s New Travel Ban www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

‘We Don’t Want Them’: Trump Signs Travel Ban on Citizens From 12 Countries

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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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.

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...

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.

Read this. www.nytimes.com/2025/04/19/w...

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

“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.”

Trump Suspends Intelligence Sharing With Ukraine The move deprives Kyiv of a key tool in fighting Russian forces.

"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-...

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.

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...

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.

“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...

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.

“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...

European leaders are putting out messages of solidarity with Zelensky after the Oval Office incident.

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...

"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...

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.

"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...

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.

“We are trying not to give this war to our children,” he said. “Maybe his violin will be his weapon.”

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...

Foreign leaders visit Ukraine to show their support on war’s third anniversary apnews.com/article/russ...

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.

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...

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.

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.

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.