{
  "id": 13108463,
  "title": "Defense Intel Chief: Russia targeting Ukraine's railways and Dnipro bridges in escalating strike campaign",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/09/defense-intel-chief-russia-targeting-ukraines-railways-and-dnipro",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-10-09T12:10:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "ERR News Estonia",
    "slug": "err-news-estonia",
    "url": "https://news.err.ee/1610162116/defense-intel-chief-russia-targeting-ukraine-s-railways-and-dnipro-bridges-in-escalating-strike-campaign"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Russia is attempting to break Ukraine's infrastructure and the population's psychological resilience through extensive long-range strikes, according to Col. Ants Kiviselg, head of the EDF Intelligence Center, as reported by ERR News Estonia.\n\nRussian President Vladimir Putin has been involved in diplomatic efforts with Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian, positioning Russia as a potential mediator in the conflict between Iran and the US, as reported by Euronews.\n\nPutin and Pezeshkian have met multiple times to discuss regional developments and Iran-US negotiations. Pezeshkian stated that Iran and the US have exchanged proposals to end the war and reopen the Strait of Hormuz, which Tehran is reviewing and amending before consolidating through mediators.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 4,
    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "Euromaidan Press",
        "title": "Russia sells cheaper fuel abroad and pays to keep its own pumps running amid Ukraine’s refinery strikes, but crude money still flows",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/09/russia-sells-cheaper-fuel-abroad-and-pays-to-keep-its-own-pumps",
        "published": "2026-10-09T12:33:11.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Euronews",
        "title": "35 killed in strikes on Ukraine's Donetsk region as Russia reports four dead across Belgorod",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/09/35-killed-in-strikes-on-ukraines-donetsk-region-as-russia-reports",
        "published": "2026-10-09T12:53:22.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Al Jazeera",
        "title": "Ukraine pushes Russia back in Donetsk as military, civilian casualties soar",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/09/ukraine-pushes-russia-back-in-donetsk-as-military-civilian-casualties",
        "published": "2026-10-09T13:09:15.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
  "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."
}