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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

May 27, 2025 - 11:06 Critical Russian plant under fire as drone assault shakes 7 regions
May 27, 2025 - 10:19 Russia launched Shahed drones from five directions: How Ukraine's air defense hit back overnight
May 23, 2025 - 15:53 Ukraine and Russia's biggest prisoner swap yet to take three days, sources say
May 23, 2025 - 15:40 Ukraine confirms strike on Russian plant producing missile and bomb parts
May 23, 2025 - 15:18 US wants Russia to drop Medinsky from Ukraine peace talks, reports say
May 23, 2025 - 14:36 Kremlin sets condition for peace deal with Ukraine
May 23, 2025 - 13:38 Ukraine-Russia prisoner swap still in progress, contrary to Trump's claim
May 23, 2025 - 13:00 Putin orders buffer zone on Ukraine border, US threatens Russia with sanctions - Thursday brief
May 23, 2025 - 12:54 Analyst: Russia may offer Trump energy deals in exchange for war delay
May 23, 2025 - 12:20 Orbán accuses Ukraine of spying, lashes out at Hungarian opposition
May 23, 2025 - 11:13 Poland's presidential candidate vows to bar Ukraine from NATO - PM Tusk calls it treason
May 23, 2025 - 10:28 Russia-Ukraine war: Frontline update as of May 23
May 22, 2025 - 17:57 EU ends duty-free trade with Ukraine, sets transition rules starting in June
May 22, 2025 - 17:38 Will Trump go soft on Russia? Sanctions at risk, Ukrainian expert says
May 22, 2025 - 16:35 Trump pushes back on hellish sanctions against Russia — here's why
May 22, 2025 - 14:17 Kremlin makes fresh claim on 1,000-for-1,000 prisoner swap
May 22, 2025 - 13:33 Another 100,000 people left Ukraine this year: The EU countries taking in the most refugees
May 22, 2025 - 13:00 Portnov's killing and possible dates for new Ukraine-Russia talks - Wednesday brief
May 22, 2025 - 12:09 Russia unleashes Iskander-M missile and swarm of drones in overnight assault on Ukraine
May 22, 2025 - 10:33 US set to slam Putin with crushing sanctions in just days
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