What's going on with ? Someone sent me a package and now they tell me "The package is undeliverable and is in the process of being disposed of according to the local guidelines." All because there was no phone number??
34
16
144
Follow
Clarissa Ward
@clarissaward
CNN Chief International Correspondent- all views are my own.
Clarissa Ward’s Tweets
"Four decades of the Islamic Republic’s hard power will ultimately be defeated by two millennium of Iranian cultural soft power. The question is no longer about whether this will happen, but when." My essay in today's
190
1,584
3,906
“My parents are older, my dog is 14 and a half. If I’m stuck here much longer, I’m in danger of never seeing any of them again,” Paul Whelan said. “To be quite honest, in these conditions, who knows how I’ll come back or if I’ll come back.”
33
81
209
Tonight we honor of with 's most esteemed prize, the #FourthEstate Award. Ward has spent nearly two decades reporting from the front lines in Syria, Iraq, Afghanistan, Egypt, and Ukraine. Read more about her work: bit.ly/3UD2Gmm
59
238
1,327
Tonight we'll honor of with the #FourthEstate Award; with the Sheehan Award for Investigative Journalism; & with the Aubuchon #PressFreedom Awards.
📺 Watch live starting at 7:30 p.m. ET: youtu.be/aH2I0RDpIB8
5
17
117
Still pinching myself that this is happening tomorrow. Thrilled to be in such good company.
Quote Tweet
Meet the incredible journalists being honored tomorrow & our generous event sponsors by downloading the 2022 #FourthEstate Award Gala program: pressclubinstitute.org/wp-content/upl
@PressClubDC @clarissaward @frontlinepbs @Kirkman @RanaAyyub
24
27
324
Nobel Peace Prize winner says social media has “come in and used free speech to stifle free speech.”
#Colbert
1,093
15.1K
35.3K
. reports from the Bakhmut region of Ukraine, where Russia and Ukraine are involved in a bitter ground battle.
This fight has also become a real-life testing ground for shoestring, innovative 21st century warfare.
Read more: cnn.it/3VGqtTI
3
35
74
USA’s Antonee Robinson consoles Iran’s Ramin Rezaian after America’s victory. Iran’s regime has tried hard to brainwash its people against the US, but most Americans who’ve been to Iran will tell you it’s among the friendliest places they’ve ever visited.
1,813
15.1K
104.7K
Powerful, harrowing and important reporting from and team
5
35
106
Ukrainian Nobel Peace Prize Winner “appears” outside Red Bull Formula 1 racing centre in London to ask why the corporation hasn’t pulled out of Russia yet.
Quote Tweet
"Why is @redbull still on sale in Russia?" 2022 Nobel Peace Prize winner @avalaina visits Red Bull F1 HQ to challenge @Max33Verstappen
Ukrainian translation below / Нижче український переклад
Show this thread
2:19
347K views
2
46
183
Russian spy requests asylum in Estonia five years after he was caught spying there and handed to Russia in a spy swap. Crazy.
34
423
1,971
Interesting thread on possible way to further split Putin’s support
Quote Tweet
1/22 Why did Putin start the war and why are the western sanctions nowhere close to making him stop it? Great question, I am glad you asked. SANCTIONS THREAD 
. A little manual on how to make sanctions actually effective and what the real ‘mother of all sanctions’ could be.
. A little manual on how to make sanctions actually effective and what the real ‘mother of all sanctions’ could be.Show this thread
6
38
134
17
259
1,110
Join us Dec. 7 to celebrate excellence in journalism! The gala will honor of with 's most esteemed prize, the #FourthEstate Award.
9
12
83
Show this thread
. is in Przewodów, Poland, where two missiles or rockets are reported to have hit a farm near the border with Ukraine.
19
86
206
Important thread
Quote Tweet
Extraordinary lack of basic fact checking. Iran has not sentenced 15,000 protesters to death, as a number of celebrities and political leaders are saying. Here are the facts as we know them: #IranProtests
Show this thread
6
35
111
Quote Tweet
UPDATE -- An #HTS SSG mugshot taken in #Idlib city does indeed appear to show Bruno Carbone in custody.
One of #Europe's most wanted, a mafia chief on the run for years.
Rumor says he's being prepped for 'extradition.'
Show this thread
21
110
287
Show this thread
Russian missile attack on Kyiv. Residential five story building is on fire. New launches reported.
45
383
601
Scoop: The US has intelligence that suggests Russia delayed formally announcing its withdrawal from Kherson in part to avoid giving the Biden administration a political “win” ahead of the midterm elections. Biden hinted at this last week.
302
2,405
7,726
Show this thread
Zelensky presents 10-step peace plan and tells G20: “If Russia says that it supposedly wants to end this war, let it prove it with actions. Obviously it’s impossible to trust Russia’s words, and there will be no Minsk-3, which Russia would violate immediately after signing.”
10:00
147.3K views
136
1,281
4,697
Show this thread
Really glad the EU just sanctioned essentially ALL FSB officers we identified as linked to the poisoning of and many other Russian political dissidents.
Quote Tweet
The EU sanctions FSB agents who tracked and poisoned Alexei @navalny with novichok back in 2020.
eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/
50
607
3,204
Our Worst Fears Have Come True in Myanmar- haunting personal account of a democracy activist.
"Yet the world seems to barely notice. The United States has denounced the coup and the executions, but Myanmar needs more than rhetorical support."
7
30
89
A really self-defeating and mind-boggling decision by the Ukrainian military press office to strip foreign journalists of accreditation for reporting on liberation of Kherson. Hope it doesn’t stand. Utter lack of strategic vision.
128
249
824
Vladimir Solovyov is not happy
He says Russia requires a larger army, "capable of waging full-scale war in Europe"
He calls for the "severe problems" which have arisen in Russia's "stalling" campaign to be solved with an "iron fist", but insists the original objectives remain
746
697
2,119
. reporting live from #Kherson city is just brilliant television. The happiness of those around him is just palpable.
Great work by Nic, producer Kareem Khader and Photojournalist Clayton Nagel.
4
37
267
Show this thread
Just incredible scenes
26
214
1,321
Amazing footage of the first Ukrainian troops reaching Kherson’s main square.
274
4,072
18.1K
This is a screenshot from a video shot on March 5, when the insanely brave people of Kherson came out to protest the Russian occupation and even climbed Russian armored vehicles to plant the flag. There will be quite a celebration today. 🍉
18
364
2,774
Show this thread
and I have been investigating what Russians see online when they search for news about Ukraine. What we found was quite mind-boggling - a picture of parallel reality very similar to state TV
10
128
224
1/16 General Armageddon? The Syrian Butcher? A great commander? I don’t think so. General Surovikin, commander of the Russian troops in Ukraine, turned out to be a simple crook and a hustler, who uses his wife’s firm to receive cash payments from Putin’s oligarchs. THREAD 🧵🧵🧵
312
3,958
14.7K
Show this thread
Distinguished journalists of and of The will discuss the complexities of covering the war in Ukraine.
🗓️: Nov 9, 11am ET
Register here (free): middlebury.zoom.us/webinar/regist
#RussiaUkraineWar #warjournalism #mediastudies #journalism
30
64
205
Investigators are working at liberated territories of 🇺🇦 to document Russian war crimes, including sexual assaults.
Sadly, there are cases to report. One woman confessed to feeling "so ashamed" after a 🇷🇺 soldier raped her.
So many wounds to heal.
📹: for
29
195
597
Is Putin rational or not? His latest decisions prove that he is - ofc in terms of his peculiar goals. In the thick of the fighting in Ukraine, Putin is effectively carrying out political reforms and restructuring his power vertical — in an attempt to win the war. 1/
14
126
412
Show this thread
This was one of the more painful interviews I have done. Tatiana was brave enough to share her story but many more are not.
Quote Tweet
“I was crying, begging him to stop, but with no success."
Ukrainian investigators are going door to door in the Kherson region, in formerly occupied towns, uncovering stories of rape by Russian soldiers.
With @clarissaward, Scott McWhinnie, @maria_avdv.
4:47
221.3K views
78
580
1,452
CNN’s joins a team of Ukrainian investigators looking for evidence of war crimes -- specifically rape and other acts of sexual violence -- at the hands of Russian soldiers. Watch here:
60
133
373
What a fantastic team and how lucky we are to work with - one of the smartest, most tenacious and courageous souls out there. And with a great sense of humour to boot. Thank you, Masha!
Quote Tweet
Kyiv, Hostomel, Kryvyi Rih, Zaporizhzhia, Mykolaiv, Kherson region. Showing brutality of this war through the stories of people who fight, resist, and wait for their loved ones. Team of @clarissaward, Scott McWhinnie, @mickbk, @BrentSwailsCNN.
16
42
394