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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 - 15:23 War drains Russian economy: Critical labor shortages hit key industries
June 29, 2025 - 15:03 Chinese companies may help Russia build port and railway in Crimea - Ukraine's intel
June 29, 2025 - 14:23 Russia's summer offensive stalls as Ukraine holds the line on all fronts – Telegraph
June 29, 2025 - 13:50 Russia revives Soviet military base in Crimea as resistance group spots activity
June 29, 2025 - 13:08 Georgia breaks tradition, skips honor guard for Vano Nadiradze killed fighting for Ukraine
June 29, 2025 - 12:31 Zelenskyy and Macron discuss making Renault drones in Ukraine at NATO summit
June 29, 2025 - 12:01 Russian strike hits apartment building in Zaporizhzhia region
June 29, 2025 - 11:35 Russian strike hits Poltava train station, damages building and rail cars
June 29, 2025 - 11:07 Hamas co-founder killed in Gaza, Israel says
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
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