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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

June 29, 2025 - 10:35 Ukraine holds the line near Pokrovsk amid intense Russian assault
June 29, 2025 - 09:57 Ukraine under record fire: 537 Russian missiles and drones launched in one night
June 29, 2025 - 09:28 Ukrainian F-16 pilot Maksym Ustymenko killed while repelling Russian attack
June 29, 2025 - 08:52 Russia strikes Mykolaiv with drones and missiles in overnight attack
June 29, 2025 - 08:31 Russia's losses in Ukraine as of June 29: +1,220 troops
June 28, 2025 - 15:45 Ukraine strikes air base in Crimea, destroys Russian air defense system and 3 helicopters
June 28, 2025 - 14:25 Ukrainian drones hit Russian military sites in Bryansk on Constitution Day, sources
June 28, 2025 - 14:07 German jets intercept Russian surveillance plane near NATO's doorstep
June 28, 2025 - 13:00 Ukrainian forces strike Russian airfield, another Chinese soldier captured - Friday brief
June 28, 2025 - 12:23 Ukraine's first constitution isn't even in Ukraine — historian Oleksandr Alfiorov
June 27, 2025 - 16:03 Zelenskyy signs decree to sync Russia sanctions with the West
June 27, 2025 - 14:51 Tens of thousands of long-range drones to strike Russia, says Ukraine's defense minister
June 27, 2025 - 13:01 Ukraine-Russia prisoner swap and successful Ukrainian defense in Sumy region - Thursday brief
June 27, 2025 - 12:16 North Korea may send 6,000 more troops to Russia for summer offensive — intel
June 27, 2025 - 11:45 Ukraine shifts fortification strategy in response to Russia's new tactics, says defense chief
June 27, 2025 - 10:55 North Korea may send more troops to Russia for Ukraine war, ISW warns
June 26, 2025 - 17:37 Fresh prisoner swap brings Ukrainian fighters back home
June 26, 2025 - 16:58 Kremlin says third round of Ukraine talks will be set after prisoner exchanges
June 26, 2025 - 16:10 Trump tanks the dollar: Biggest drop since the early 1970s
June 26, 2025 - 15:27 Trump vows Putin won't attack NATO during his presidency – WP
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