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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 26, 2025 - 11:03 Europe starts making Patriot missiles to cut reliance on the US
September 26, 2025 - 10:30 Russia redeploys marines from Sumy and Kherson to fight in Donetsk, ISW says
September 25, 2025 - 14:22 Zelenskyy hints at weapon powerful enough to make Putin negotiate
September 25, 2025 - 13:43 Ukrainian sea drones hit Russian oil terminals in Tuapse and Novorossiysk, sources say
September 25, 2025 - 13:17 Russian chemical plant goes up in flames after drone attack in Krasnodar
September 25, 2025 - 13:00 Drone strike on Tuapse port and Canada's new aid package for Ukraine - Wednesday brief
September 25, 2025 - 12:05 Chinese engineers helped test drones on Russian military grounds, Reuters
September 25, 2025 - 11:10 Ukrainian hackers hit Russia's national payment system, sources say
September 25, 2025 - 10:44 Kaja Kallas backs Trump, says Europe has to give up Russian oil
September 24, 2025 - 17:27 Zelenskyy: There are no security guarantees except friends and weapons
September 24, 2025 - 16:16 Olena Zelenska meets Melania Trump in New York
September 24, 2025 - 15:02 Drone attack hits Russian fleet in Novorossiysk, explosions and fire reported
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
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