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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

March 13, 2026 - 12:31 Trump says Iran hasn't surrendered yet because 'nobody knows who is the leader'
March 13, 2026 - 12:15 EU pushes ahead with Ukraine loan plan despite Orbán’s veto threat
March 13, 2026 - 08:17 Russia's losses in Ukraine as of March 13: + almost 900 troops and 50 artillery systems
March 12, 2026 - 16:46 Iran's new supreme leader threatens revenge in first statement
March 12, 2026 - 15:11 Orbán uses Zelenskyy's words against him: Will it influence Hungary's vote?
March 12, 2026 - 13:55 Hungary's opposition skyrockets as citizens push back against Orbán and rising costs
March 12, 2026 - 13:16 Iran confirms injury of new leader Mojtaba Khamenei
March 12, 2026 - 12:46 Ukraine hits Russian S-300 launcher and fuel convoy in major strike
March 12, 2026 - 11:35 Ukraine needs peace with Putin regardless of personal attitude, Zelenskyy says
March 12, 2026 - 10:42 Witkoff and Kushner met Putin’s envoy in Florida, another participant also joined
March 12, 2026 - 08:00 Russia's losses in Ukraine as of March 12: +780 troops and 2,102 drones
March 11, 2026 - 16:07 'Tourists, not a delegation': Ukraine on Hungarians arriving for Druzhba pipeline talks
March 11, 2026 - 15:30 Doomsday Plane spotted flying low over California
March 11, 2026 - 15:00 Hungary sends team to Kyiv over Druzhba oil pipeline, demanding its inspection
March 11, 2026 - 14:36 Can AI really replace humans? Ukraine's tech expert explains changing workflow
March 11, 2026 - 13:45 British bomb found in Dresden forces massive evacuation of 18,000 residents
March 11, 2026 - 13:25 Kremlin runs secret mission in Hungary to boost Orbán's poll numbers
March 11, 2026 - 12:43 AI with Ukrainian DNA: Inside Ukraine's push to create its own language model
March 11, 2026 - 11:47 Russia could send troops to Iran, Zelenskyy says
March 11, 2026 - 11:03 Russia launched nearly 100 drones: How many broke through Ukraine's air defense
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