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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

September 24, 2025 - 14:36 Ukraine's Toloka drone can smash the Crimean Bridge and Russian ports, according to Forbes
September 24, 2025 - 13:55 War is on and Russia must win: Kremlin signals 'most critical' stage
September 24, 2025 - 13:23 Spanish defense minister's plane hit by GPS attack near Kaliningrad
September 24, 2025 - 13:00 Zelenskyy meets Trump, Russia strikes Zaporizhzhia again - Tuesday brief
September 24, 2025 - 12:05 Trump learns a hard lesson and washes his hands of the Ukraine war – The Telegraph
September 24, 2025 - 11:27 Ukraine hits Gazprom's giant oil refinery in Salavat with drones for the second time in a week
September 24, 2025 - 11:06 Ukrainian intel hacks Crimea's occupation servers again, leaks correspondence of Kremlin-backed leader
September 24, 2025 - 10:33 Russia launched over 150 drones: How Ukraine's air defense fought back overnight
September 20, 2025 - 16:07 Zelenskyy reveals how strikes on Russian refineries and the Druzhba pipeline shook Moscow — and what allies say
September 20, 2025 - 15:19 Ukraine to partially reopen arms exports: Zelenskyy reveals timeline and conditions
September 20, 2025 - 14:40 600 km behind enemy lines: Inside the Ukrainian spy mission that wiped out Russian warplanes
September 20, 2025 - 13:00 EU hits Moscow with fresh sanctions, Russian MiG-31s violate Estonia's airspace - Friday brief
September 20, 2025 - 11:54 Ukraine takes out 2 Russian refineries and Urals-producing oil station
September 20, 2025 - 10:42 Russia unleashes 40 missiles and 579 drones on Ukraine overnight
September 19, 2025 - 15:48 Instead of NATO, allies pitch new security path for Ukraine
September 19, 2025 - 14:52 Putin 'bitten off more than he can chew', says MI6 chief
September 19, 2025 - 14:33 EU working with IMF to determine Russia's reparations for Ukraine
September 19, 2025 - 13:30 Europe to phase out Russian LNG sooner than planned
September 19, 2025 - 13:00 Strike on Volgograd oil refinery and Ukrainian counteroffensive in Donetsk region - Thursday brief
September 19, 2025 - 12:50 Ukraine negotiating with Russia only on humanitarian issues, top official says
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