Jason Bellini

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.

Ukraine's Women Warriors   Russia-Ukraine War: On the Ground

Recent Work
Foreign fighters in Ukraine

2 Foreign Fighters Share Stories Of Battle Against Russian Forces

Natalya Suhotsha looks at her 2-day-old new twin girls at the Lviv state regional perinatal center, western Ukraine

Ukrainian Mothers Give Birth As War Rages Outside

War Crime Watchdogs Investigate Atrocities, Exhume Bodies In Ivankiv

Smoke rises from the Metallurgical Combine Azovstal in Mariupol during shelling

Ukrainian Fighters Defend Steel Plant As Russia Celebrates Victory Day

Officers look through a warehouse of weapons.

Thousands Of Unexploded Russian Munitions Sit In Secret Kyiv Warehouse

Smoke rises from the Metallurgical Combine Azovstal in Mariupol, Ukraine

Russian Forces Appear To Have Breached Edge Of Mariupol Steel Plant

A woman hugs her neighbor during the funeral of her husband in Bucha, Ukraine

Ukrainians Take DNA Tests To Help Identify Dead Bodies Of Loved Ones

Ukrainian civilian and drone squad leader Oleksiy Savchenko

Ukrainian Civilians Use Drones To Help Fight Against Russian Forces

A police officer inspects a destroyed area following a Russian missiles attack

Ukrainians Sift Through Destruction After Russian Missiles Hit Kyiv

Firefighters try to put out a fire following an explosion in Kyiv, Ukraine

Explosions Rock Kyiv Again As Russians Rain Fire On Ukraine

A mental health facility in Borodyanka, Ukraine

Abuse Victim Speaks To Scripps News About Attack By Russian Troops

A statue of Ukrainian national poet Taras Shevchenko

Russian Troops Destroy Ukrainian City Of Borodyanka

A Ukrainian serviceman walks amid the rubble of a building damaged by Russian forces.

Ukrainians Push Harder Against Russia As Third Month Of War Begins

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy.

Ukraine Official: Zelenskyy Meets Top-Level U.S. Delegation

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy answers media questions during a press conference.

Zelenskyy Says U.S. Officials To Visit Ukraine Sunday

A Ukrainian soldier

Drone Technology Gives Edge To Ukrainian Forces Fighting Russia

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy

Volodymyr Zelenskyy: Before And After Witnessing Horror Of Bucha

Aiden Aslin, a British man fighting in Ukraine

British Man Fighting In Ukraine Feared Captured By Russian Troops

Russian missile cruiser Moskva

Russia's Damaged Black Sea Flagship Sinks In Latest Setback

Russian President Vladimir Putin

Russian Officials: Won't Pause Military Operations For Peace Talks

Ukrainian servicemen stand next to a fragment of a Tochka-U missile with a writing in Russian "For children"

Russian Missile Kills At Least 52 At Crowded Ukrainian Train Station

Ukrainian soldiers stand on top of a Russian tank

U.S. Javelin Missile System Plays Key Role In Ukraine's Defense

People shelter underground following explosions in Lviv, Ukraine.

Rocket Attacks Hit Ukraine's Lviv As Biden Visits Poland

President Joe Biden visiting U.S. troops in Poland

President Biden Visits U.S. Troops In Poland, Brings Aid For Ukraine

Jonas Ohman and Ukrainian troops

Volunteers Deliver Equipment To Ukrainian Troops On The Front Lines

A woman holds a child in an improvised bomb shelter in Mariupol

Mariupol Residents Describe Harsh Conditions During Russian Attacks

Sasha Glybina with a vest she helped create for Ukraine's military

Ukrainian Fashion Designer Making Utilitarian Wear For Military

A cloud of smoke raises after an explosion in Lviv, western Ukraine

Russia Attacks Outskirts Of Ukraine's Western City Of Lviv

A pride parade in Ukraine

Ukraine's LGBTQ Community Mobilizes

Firefighters extinguish flames outside an apartment house after a Russian rocket attack in Kharkiv.

Ukrainian Woman Has Footage She Hopes Will Be Used In War Crime Trials