Jason Bellini

Jason Bellini

International Correspondent

Jason Bellini is Scripps News’s international correspondent. Currently, his primary assignment is covering the war in Ukraine. He joined Scripps News in 2021. An alum of CNN, Bloomberg News, and the Wall Street Journal, Bellini has covered conflicts in Afghanistan, Kosovo and Iraq. He focuses on telling the stories of remarkable individuals who are being put to the test by the most extraordinary of circumstances.

Recent Work
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The race to save abducted Ukrainian teen, a pawn of Russian propaganda

Soldiers
Russian @legion_svobodaWorld

Ukrainian PSYOP: Confuse Russia from Belgorod to Bakhmut

Fragments of a Russian rocket which was shot down by Ukraine's air defense system.
Ukrainian Police Press Office via APWorld

Ukraine shoots down 29 out of 30 missiles in latest attack from Russia

Ivan Fedorov
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Mayor of Melitopol, Ukraine: Partisan sleeper cells await their cue

In Real Life: Ukrainian Sniper
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In Real Life: Ukrainian Sniper

Roman
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Ukrainian soldier's diary: An infantryman on the frontlines

No Surrender: Ukraine
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No Surrender: Ukraine in 2023

Vadym and some helicopters
Scripps NewsWorld

Ukrainian helicopter pilot's rare GoPro video of dangerous missions

Uliana Sozanska and her Brother Oleksandr Sozanskyi
Scripps NewsWorld

Why a Ukrainian musician joined her fallen brother's army brigade

A cloud of smoke rises after Kyiv's air defense systems downed a drone
Bernat Armangue / APWorld

Tense drone incidents highlight latest Russian attacks in Ukraine

Ukraine's 43rd Artillery Brigade
Ukraine's 43rd Artillery BrigadeWorld

Ukraine aims high-tech NATO artillery at high-value Russian targets

Ukrainian pilot flying a jet
Scripps NewsWorld

Heroic Ukrainian pilot's cockpit cam shows daring below-radar flight

A Ukrainian soldier prepares to fire a grenade launcher on the frontline in Bakhmut
LIBKOS / APWorld

Leaked intel documents: Ukraine's air defenses could soon crumble

Iryna Shevtsova and her son
Dmytro HoryevoyWorld

Ukrainian children rescued from Russia fear for friends left behind

Iryna Dmytrieva and her daughter Liza
Iryna DmytrievaWorld

Living for Liza: A Ukrainian mother's journey of love and defiance

A Ukrainian smoking an e-cigarette
Scripps NewsWorld

Front-line troops in Ukraine use e-cigs — but not how you think

Yara Chornohuz
Scripps NewsWorld

Ukrainian combat medic's GoPro captures grim front-line reality

a field of missile remnants in Ukraine
Scripps NewsWorld

Where and why Ukraine stores $100 million of Russian missile remnants

People attend a vigil at the Trafalgar Square organised by the Ukrainian and U.S. Embassies
Kin Cheung / APWorld

It's been one year since Russia invaded Ukraine

Kateryna Titowa with her family
Kateryna TitowaWorld

Hostomel, Bucha, Irpin: the Ukrainian family that survived all three

A tank gunner named Lion is pictured.
Scripps NewsWorld

Inside the secret tank repair battalion near Ukraine's front lines

Natalia Zubar taking photos of damage
Scripps NewsWorld

Citizen war crimes investigator in Ukraine risks life for justice

A trench at Ukraine's border with Belarus
Dmytro HoryevoyWorld

Ukraine beefs up along Belarus border — in case Putin wants a do-over

Georg Rossmair and Max Titov
Scripps NewsWorld

Want to give a truck to Ukrainian fighters? 'Mad Max' is your guy

some actresses at the theatre
Scripps NewsWorld

Ukrainian theater lives on in a bunker

Igor Gusev with a piece of his art
Scripps NewsWorld

Ukraine’s art of war: 'There’s always fresh blood'

A student at a drone school in Ukraine
Scripps NewsWorld

Ukraine's Drone Pilot Schools Scramble To Train Combat Flyers

Faces of the War
NewsyWorld

Newsy Tonight Presents: Faces of the War Part III

A Ukrainian Captain who goes by "Vakula"
NewsyWorld

Ukraine’s 63rd Brigade Moves East – With Trench Family Of Wartime Pets

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy seen during his visit to Kherson, Ukraine
APWorld

Zelenskyy: Time's Person Of The Year; Courage 'As Contagious As Fear'