Here's a thread to collect some (niche) details on the ongoing military offensive in northwestern Syria, which has already left 689,000 civilians displaced, according to the United Nations.
Satellite imagery of Port-au-Prince, captured on March 14, shows the deteriorating conditions in Haiti's capital due to ongoing gang violence. This image (wide and crop) show roadblocks, burning debris and trash blocking Rte de Delmas near the city's main hospitals. Image: @Maxar
Smoke can be seen rising near St. Francois de Sales hospital, in Port-au-Prince, March 14, 2024. Image: @Maxar. A unified front of gangs forced Haiti's prime minister to resign. More: nytimes.com/2024/03/14/wor…
@Maxar Shipping containers are used to block access to heavy cranes in the port of Haiti's capital, as seen on the @Maxar satellite image.
The Biden admin has hailed its efforts to restrict Iran's oil revenue — and its ability to fund proxy militias. But lax government oversight allowed deceptive tankers to move $2.8 billion worth of oil, all with American insurance. Our visual investigation: nyti.ms/3I0dQOr
Since this investigation — with @BlackiLi, @_neilbedi, @ajcardia and @bottidavid — relied heavily on openly available online sources and tools, I wanted to give some insights in our reporting process below.
@BlackiLi @_neilbedi @ajcardia @bottidavid Last year, we wrote about how tankers “spoofed” their location while picking up price-capped Russian oil. From that reporting, we knew this was happening in Iran too: four of the six ships we identified in Russia had been involved in Iran before that.
Just moments ago, reports of yet another drone attack in Moscow (early hours of August 1), making it the fourth attack in the span of just one week. Threading details as they emerge below:
This video shows smoke rising at a skyscraper in Moscow City, a symbol of Russia's economic resurgency under Putin. The area was also hit by a suspected Ukrainian-made Bober drone on July 30. https://t.co/4fdGOS8yDnt.me/ENews112/14811
According to Tass, the Russian state news agency citing “emergency services”, one drone was shot down in the Moscow Region while another one hit, indeed, one of the Moscow City skyscrapers.
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“The only way to stop this,” Ukraine's military intelligence told us, “is the immediate withdrawal of Russian occupation troops from Ukraine.” Our latest visual investigation into Kyiv's growing fleet of homegrown kamikaze drones that have hit Moscow: nyti.ms/455tphc
Public glimpses of Ukraine's long-range kamikaze drone program are rare. The first came in December, when influencer @igorlachenkov got an unexpected phone call from GUR, Ukraine's military intelligence. They needed money, and fast, for a “drone that can fly very far.”
@igorlachenkov Lachenkov, who had been raising money for the war effort, asked his million followers on Telegram for donations. 20 million hryvnia, or about half a million dollars, was needed to fund five Bobers — Ukraine's equivalent of the Iranian-made Shaheds used by Russia.
We tracked how several tankers, all acquired by shell companies after Russia invaded Ukraine, secretly moved at least half a billion dollars worth of Russian oil — an apparent effort to deceive their U.S.-based insurer. Our latest visual investigation: nyti.ms/43DQxTn
All the ships were “spoofing” their location: They sent out signals that showed they were in one location, while really they were somewhere else. Our investigation relied heavily on openly available sources and tools, some below are some insights into our reporting process.
Since the U.S., European Union and G7 countries imposed a price cap on Russian oil, there's been quite some chatter about Russia amassing a “dark,” “shadow” or “ghost fleet” — but little specifics. So we decided to take a closer look at what we could find. (Many dead ends, too.)
We've identified the leader of the Discord group where top secret U.S. documents were leaked — it's a 21-year-old member of the Massachusetts Air National Guard, specifically its intelligence wing. Gift link, no paywall: nytimes.com/2023/04/13/wor…
Law enforcement outside the home of the Airman's mother. Photo by @heytherehaley. A U.S. official has confirmed that federal authorities have begun the search the home.