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Oleksandra Bashchenko

News Editor

Has a background in International Relations and Political Science, with a Bachelor's degree from Ivan Franko National University of Lviv (2020) and a Master's degree from Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv (2022).

Oleksandra began her career in 2021 as a news editor at Interfax-Ukraine. Over the following years, she continued working in national media, first at UNIAN, where she edited the Ukrainian news feed. Since May 2023, has been working as a news editor and translator for the English-language news feed at RBC-Ukraine, a nationwide media outlet.

Oleksandra is deeply interested in covering political, social, and economic developments both in Ukraine and around the world. Since the outbreak of Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine, providing accurate, timely, and first-hand reporting on the war to international audiences has become her top priority.


Author publications

July 21, 2026 - 15:41 Ukraine destroys Russian MiG-29 on its airbase in Kursk region
July 21, 2026 - 15:06 Ukraine's winter energy test: Will there be enough gas and electricity?
July 21, 2026 - 14:36 Ukraine turns Liutyi drone into missile carrier
July 21, 2026 - 13:38 Gas tanker headed to Ukraine attacked near Romania
July 21, 2026 - 13:06 NATO ready to react: Lithuania warns of consequences if Russia provokes a crisis
July 21, 2026 - 12:25 Russia is launching its Starlink rival: How many satellites are already in orbit
July 21, 2026 - 11:31 Ukraine finds a powerful new way to strike deep inside Russia, media says
July 21, 2026 - 10:15 Russia's new push into Sumy region fails, ISW says
July 16, 2026 - 08:10 Russia's losses in Ukraine as of July 16: +1,340 troops and 1,801 drones
July 15, 2026 - 16:20 New US sanctions bill aims to squeeze Russia and its trading partners, Zelenskyy's office says
July 15, 2026 - 14:29 Zelenskyy says Ukraine now makes 10 million drones a year, aims for 20 million
July 15, 2026 - 12:58 Ukrainian forces use drone to down Russian helicopter in Belgorod region
July 15, 2026 - 11:22 Total blackout hits Crimea's Kerch after Ukrainian attack
July 15, 2026 - 10:54 Russian oil tankers wait weeks for buyers as exports hit a wall
July 12, 2026 - 08:20 Russia's losses in Ukraine as of July 12: +1,320 troops and 53 artillery systems
July 11, 2026 - 15:24 Senator Lindsey Graham visits Ukraine's SkyFall drone facility and praises its technology
July 11, 2026 - 14:48 Ukrainian forces strike Russian military training ground in Donetsk region
July 11, 2026 - 13:59 Apple sues OpenAI over theft of secret AI gadget tech
July 11, 2026 - 12:35 Trump greenlights Patriot missile production in Ukraine: Timeline and challenges
July 11, 2026 - 10:57 Russia secretly monitored Ukraine arms shipments through building intercom cameras
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