Mari Saito
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Special Correspondent, Reuters. DM for Signal # https://www.reuters.com/investigates/special-report/ukraine-war-frontline/
For @reuters.com, I followed the case of Vitalii, a Ukrainian teenager facing up to a decade in prison for allegedly betraying his country. I also spoke to adults contending with thorny, existential questions about what justice look like for minors induced to betray their country.
Ukrainian teens are committing acts of betrayal. How should they be judged?
The case of a teenager named Vitalii shows how children can be seen as both perpetrator and victim.
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Mark Cancian, at the Center for Strategic and International Studies, said if the military has fired more than 800 Tomahawks against Iran, “that would be about a quarter of the total inventory and would leave a large gap for a conflict in the Western Pacific.” www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
U.S. uses hundreds of Tomahawk missiles on Iran, alarming some at Pentagon
More than 850 Tomahawks have been fired in just four weeks, people familiar with the matter said, alarming some Pentagon officials because the weapon’s supply is limited.
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New: We looked at how Russia is remaking occupied territories in Ukraine, pouring hundreds of millions of dollars into roads, railways and ports to try and inexorably tie the region into their own, part of Putin's grand vision for what it calls "Novorossiya" www.reuters.com/investigatio...
Welcome to ‘New Russia’: How the Kremlin is remaking occupied Ukraine
Moscow is pouring hundreds of millions of dollars into an aggressive buildout of transport and trade infrastructure in the Ukrainian territories it has seized. The projects are inexorably weaving thes...
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ICE agents will have a ‘security role’ during the upcoming Milan Cortina Winter Olympics, U.S. embassy sources confirm Milan Mayor Giuseppe Sala said that ICE would not be welcome in his city
ICE agents will have a security role at Milan Cortina Olympics
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents will have a security role during the upcoming Milan Cortina Winter Games. Sources at the U.S.
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Two Reuters employees - a journalist and a security adviser accompanying her - were among those injured in the attack by the men who wielded sticks and clubs and hurled large rocks, in an area close to the Palestinian village of Beita. www.reuters.com/world/middle...
Israeli settlers attack Palestinians, journalists at West Bank olive harvest, witnesses say
Israeli settlers attacked a group of Palestinian villagers, activists and journalists on Saturday who had gathered during an attempt to harvest olives near a settler outpost in the Israeli-occupied West Bank, witnesses said.
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Russia hands long prison sentences to 15 captured Ukrainian fighters reut.rs/48uldvX
Russia hands long prison sentences to 15 captured Ukrainian fighters
Fifteen members of a Ukrainian militia group were convicted by a Russian military court on Friday of taking part in "a terrorist organisation" and sentenced to between 15 and 21 years in a maximum security penal colony, Russia's prosecutor general said.
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Some 71% of respondents said they agreed with a statement that "American society is broken" 😐 www.reuters.com/world/us/ame...
Americans believe harsh political rhetoric is fueling violence, Reuters/Ipsos poll finds
Roughly two out of three Americans believe that the harsh rhetoric used in talking about politics is encouraging violence, according to a Reuters/Ipsos poll conducted in the days following the killing of conservative political activist Charlie Kirk.
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Russia has so far sent more than 34,000 attack drones and decoys into Ukraine in 2025, nearly nine times the number from the same period last year, according to the Times data set. www.nytimes.com/2025/09/14/w...
Russia Made Drone Production a Supreme Priority. Now It Swarms the Skies.
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Experts warn of “vicious spiral" in political violence after Kirk killing - www.reuters.com/world/us/nat...
Poland’s military command urged people to stay at home, naming the regions of Podlaskie, Mazowieckie, and Lublin as most at risk, adding: "This is an act of aggression that posed a real threat to the safety of our citizens." www.reuters.com/business/aer...
Poland shoots down drones in its airspace during Russia’s Ukraine attack, calls violation act of aggression
Radars tracked more than 10 objects and those that could pose a threat were "neutralised," Poland's military command said.
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THE HAGUE, Sept 1 (Reuters) - The world's leading genocide scholars' association has passed a resolution saying that the legal criteria have been met to establish Israel is committing genocide in Gaza, its president said on Monday. www.reuters.com/world/middle...
Israel is committing genocide in Gaza, scholars' association says
The world's leading genocide scholars' association has passed a resolution saying that the legal criteria have been met to establish Israel is committing genocide in Gaza, its president said on Monday.
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The jet carrying von der Leyen to Plovdiv, Bulgaria’s second-largest city, was unable to use electronic navigational aids as a result of the interference, which forced the pilot to land using paper maps, the FT reported on Monday. www.politico.eu/article/ursu...
Von der Leyen’s plane hit by suspected Russian GPS jamming
Commission president was on a tour of frontline states when her plane was target of interference.
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Damage from Ukrainian drone attacks and extensive planned maintenance have sent Russia's offline oil refining capacity to a record high in August, Reuters calculations show, though working sites are likely to spur output to help mitigate the impact. www.reuters.com/business/ene...
Here is our new investigation into Enerhodar, an occupied Ukrainian city that hosts Europe's largest nuclear plant. Based on interviews with over 50 people, we detail how Moscow's security apparatus and Rosatom are ruling over the city with violence and fear. www.reuters.com/investigatio...
Russia turns a Ukrainian nuclear city into a stronghold of fear
Once a thriving city of 50,000, Enerhodar, home of the Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant, is a ghost town. The Russian occupation is using intimidation and seemingly arbitrary detentions to scrub the region of its Ukrainian identity.
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I have studied the targeting of journalists for many years, but the scale and public display of these killings is truly shocking: “Israel admits deliberate attack on the journalist, known for frontline coverage, in a strike on a tent outside al-Shifa hospital“ www.theguardian.com/world/2025/a...
Anas al-Sharif, prominent Al Jazeera correspondent, among five journalists killed in Israeli airstrike on Gaza
Israel admits deliberate attack on the journalist, known for frontline coverage, in a strike on a tent outside al-Shifa hospital
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Exclusive: Despite Western sanctions, Russian bomb factory bought Siemens tech via middleman - www.reuters.com/business/aer...
Exclusive: Despite Western sanctions, Russian bomb factory bought Siemens tech via middleman
As Russia sought to ratchet up military production for the war in Ukraine, a state-owned explosives manufacturer circumvented Western sanctions by purchasing equipment made by Germany's Siemens from a middleman that imports technology from China.
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New: Fake news reports about Bosnia's Serb entity, Republika Srpska, led me down a rabbit hole that revealed a network of fake news websites operated by two dubious Austrian businessmen. Coincidentally, Republika Srpska's leader, who was featured favorably in those articles, was ousted today.
The tech giant developed a customized version of its cloud platform for Israel’s Unit 8200, which is housing audio files of millions of calls by Palestinians in Gaza and the West Bank, a joint investigation reveals. www.972mag.com/microsoft-82...
Microsoft storing Israeli intelligence trove used to attack Palestinians
Microsoft developed a customized version of its cloud platform for Israel’s Unit 8200, which is housing audio files of millions of calls by Palestinians.
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Exclusive: US diplomats asked if non-whites qualify for Trump refugee program for South Africans @humeyrapamuk.bsky.social @kristinacooke.bsky.social www.reuters.com/world/africa...
Exclusive: US diplomats asked if non-whites qualify for Trump refugee program for South Africans
In early July, the top official at the U.S. embassy in South Africa reached out to Washington asking for clarification on a contentious U.S. policy: could non-whites apply for a refugee program geared toward white South Africans if they met other requirements?
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"Journalists endure many deprivations and hardships in warzones. We are deeply alarmed that the threat of starvation is now one of them."
AFP News Agency@en.afp.com · last yr.Joint statement on Gaza from AFP, AP, BBC News and Reuters
Julio González Jr., released last week from the Terrorism Confinement Center, said he was beaten, robbed of thousands of dollars and denied a lawyer. “I practically felt like an animal,” González told The Post.
U.S. deportee, freed from Salvadoran prison, describes ‘horror movie’
Julio González Jr., released last week from the Terrorism Confinement Center, said he was beaten, robbed of thousands of dollars and denied a lawyer.
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In addition to the air defense and missile insufficiencies, Ukraine’s ground troops, who remain vastly outnumbered on the front line, are also running low on 155mm artillery shells, Syrsky said, and need an additional supply of armored vehicles. www.washingtonpost.com/world/2025/0...
Ukraine’s top commander asks Trump to help take the war to Russia
With Trump now open to supplying U.S.-made weapons to Ukraine, Gen. Oleksandr Syrsky calls for longer-range missiles and the permission to use them against Russia.
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A Western diplomat familiar with Ukraine's reform effort described it as "the most dangerous moment" yet for the independence of anti-corruption authorities. "The Ukrainian side is testing the limits more and more," referring to the patience of Kyiv's allies. www.reuters.com/en/ukraine-c...
Ukraine curbs autonomy of anti-corruption agencies
Ukraine has toughened restrictions on two anti-corruption agencies at the centre of the government's reform drive, rolling back their autonomy in favour of tighter executive control.
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At least 15 people, including four children, have died of starvation in Gaza over the last 24 hours amid Israel’s siege, according to the Palestinian health ministry.
‘No food, no water’: More children die as forced starvation grows in Gaza
UN says workers are fainting from hunger and exhaustion as Israel’s restriction of aid deepens an already dire crisis.
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WASHINGTON - The Trump administration shelved in recent weeks an inter-agency working group it had set up to formulate strategies for pressuring Russia into speeding up peace talks with Ukraine, according to three U.S. officials.
A lost Canadian teen traveled to Donetsk last year. There, he was detained by Russia's FSB. He eventually agreed to spy for Russia. We went through a thousand pages of Polish court documents, including the full chat between the teen and his handler. New story: www.reuters.com/investigates...
Russia recruited a teenage spy. His arrest led to a crypto money trail
Russia is using untrained spies after operatives were expelled from Europe in 2022. The case against a Canadian teen shows how Moscow conducts the operations.
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Also note this, from a group known for caution & neutrality: bsky.app/profile/shas...
MADRID, May 21 (Reuters) - Unidentified gunmen shot dead a former Ukrainian politician on Wednesday outside a school in a wealthy suburb of Madrid, Spain's Interior Ministry said. Andriy Portnov was previously a senior aide to Viktor Yanukovich www.reuters.com/world/europe...
Ukrainian ex-politician shot dead outside elite American school in Madrid
An unidentified gunman or gunmen shot and killed former Ukrainian politician Andriy Portnov on Wednesday morning outside a school in a wealthy suburb of Madrid, a source close to the police investigation said.
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The European Union sanctions today included 3 pro-Russia activists we’ve been following since our ‘23 investigation. When reached by phone, one of them simply told a Reuters reporter to “fuck off” before hanging up www.reuters.com/world/eu-san... @mashatsvetkova.bsky.social @zverevlive.bsky.social
EU sanctions three pro-Kremlin activists identified by Reuters
The European Union on Tuesday announced sanctions against three pro-Russia activists whose activities promoting the Kremlin's agenda inside Germany were first revealed in a Reuters investigation in 2023.
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Herro once called himself “the dirtbag of the internet” in an address to investors about making money in crypto, in which he also said “I do what’s legal…besides that I don’t give a fuck”; Folkman early in his career founded “Date Hotter Girls". www.reuters.com/business/how...
How Trump’s crypto business partners left their old clients in the lurch
Two co-founders of Dough Finance, a defi startup that was targeted by hackers last summer, are now playing a key role in the fastest-growing part of Trump family's crypto business, which has funneled $400 million to the first family.
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