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  "id": 15560611,
  "title": "A spy inside Russia’s army. The Wall Street Journal tells the story of the lieutenant who helped Ukraine kill hundreds of his fellow soldiers.",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/19/a-spy-inside-russias-army-the-wall-street-journal-tells-the-story-of",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-10-19T04:07:26.000Z",
  "source": {
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    "url": "https://meduza.io/en/feature/2026/10/19/a-spy-inside-russia-s-army-the-wall-street-journal-tells-the-story-of-the-lieutenant-who-helped-ukraine-kill-hundreds-of-his-fellow-soldiers"
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  "account": null,
  "summary": "Lev Stupnikov came to public attention in September 2025. In an interview that month with Ukrainian YouTuber Dmytro Karpenko, he revealed that he was a Russian officer sent to fight in Ukraine who had spent more than six months supplying Ukrainian forces with targeting information to help them strike his fellow soldiers. RT said more than 200 Russian soldiers had died because of him. Chechen…",
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        "title": "CNBC Daily Open: A thousand drones and one strained U.S.-Ukraine alliance",
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        "title": "Ukraine launches over 1,000 drones at Russia, setting oil facilities ablaze",
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        "title": "Trump slams Zelenskyy, accuses him of prolonging Russia war after Kyiv launches one of biggest drone strike in Moscow",
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        "outlet": "Al-Monitor",
        "title": "Rubio says Ukraine and Russia should be focused on ending the war",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/19/rubio-says-ukraine-and-russia-should-be-focused-on-ending-the-war",
        "published": "2026-10-19T05:46:28.000Z"
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      {
        "outlet": "Free Malaysia Today",
        "title": "Rubio says Ukraine and Russia should be focused on ending the war",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/19/rubio-says-ukraine-and-russia-should-be-focused-on-ending-the-war-15568437",
        "published": "2026-10-19T05:49:40.000Z"
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      {
        "outlet": "Kyiv Independent",
        "title": "General Staff: Russia has lost 1,567,160 troops in Ukraine since Feb. 24, 2022",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/19/general-staff-russia-has-lost-1-567-160-troops-in-ukraine-since-feb",
        "published": "2026-10-19T06:20:27.000Z"
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      {
        "outlet": "The Korea Times",
        "title": "Rubio says Ukraine and Russia should be focused on ending the war",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/19/rubio-says-ukraine-and-russia-should-be-focused-on-ending-the-war-15572357",
        "published": "2026-10-19T06:47:02.000Z"
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      {
        "outlet": "Interfax-Ukraine",
        "title": "Zelenskyy: Russia fires 16 ballistic missiles at Ukraine",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/19/zelenskyy-russia-fires-16-ballistic-missiles-at-ukraine",
        "published": "2026-10-19T08:13:31.000Z"
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  "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."
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