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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 28, 2026 - 11:31 Ukraine's Constitution marks 30 years: What it says about war and Crimea
June 28, 2026 - 08:07 Russia's losses in Ukraine as of June 28: +1,250 troops and 63 artillery systems
June 27, 2026 - 14:47 MiG-29 crashes in Poltava region, Ukraine
June 27, 2026 - 11:45 Ukraine's Flamingo missiles target critical defense plant in Russia's Volgograd region
June 27, 2026 - 10:52 Russian tourists and troops are fleeing Crimea as Ukraine's attacks intensify, ISW says
June 27, 2026 - 10:33 Overnight drone attack from seven directions: Ukraine's air defenses repel most Russian targets
June 24, 2026 - 08:21 Russia's losses in Ukraine as of June 24: +1,260 troops and 60 artillery systems
June 23, 2026 - 16:21 Watch: Ukrainian special forces blow up railway bridge over North Crimean Canal
June 23, 2026 - 15:53 Russia creates fake Wikipedia-style sites to influence AI and users - Bloomberg
June 23, 2026 - 14:38 Ukrainian forces destroy railway bridge in Crimea
June 23, 2026 - 13:49 Kremlin signals readiness for negotiations with Ukraine
June 23, 2026 - 13:04 Crimea supply corridor is falling apart as Ukrainian troops burn Russian military vehicles
June 23, 2026 - 11:47 Missiles rip apart factory in Russia's Belgorod region
June 23, 2026 - 11:27 Dust on children's dresses and fake cobwebs: A look inside towns near Pokrovsk
June 23, 2026 - 10:24 Half of Crimea loses power as flames engulf Kerch plant after strikes
June 23, 2026 - 08:20 Russia's losses in Ukraine as of June 23: +1,390 troops and 1,851 drones
June 22, 2026 - 13:14 US, Iran agree on new communication line to secure Strait of Hormuz shipping route
June 22, 2026 - 12:19 Keir Starmer resigns as British Prime Minister
June 22, 2026 - 11:20 Explosion rocks Qatar gas facility, dozens injured and missing
June 22, 2026 - 08:02 Russia's losses in Ukraine as of June 22: +1,190 troops and 2,015 drones
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