{
  "id": 1280172,
  "title": "Ex-Dutch ambassador to Ukraine says he did not expect relations with Russia to turn into war",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/16/ex-dutch-ambassador-to-ukraine-says-he-did-not-expect-relations-with",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-08-16T13:31:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Ukrinform - Politics",
    "slug": "ukrinform-politics",
    "url": "https://www.ukrinform.net/rubric-polytics/4154643-exdutch-ambassador-to-ukraine-says-he-did-not-expect-relations-with-russia-to-turn-into-war.html"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Robert Serry, who served as the first Dutch ambassador to Ukraine from 1992 to 1996, believes that Ukraine is the country that will change Europe.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 2,
    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "Euromaidan Press",
        "title": "Ukraine hit the plant that fuels Uragan, Smerch, and Tornado-S rockets Russia fires at frontline cities with no metro to shelter in",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/16/ukraine-hit-the-plant-that-fuels-uragan-smerch-and-tornado-s-rockets",
        "published": "2026-08-16T11:33:33.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}