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  "id": 15830205,
  "title": "‘Checkmate’: Russia is winning the war as Ukraine runs out of friends",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/21/checkmate-russia-is-winning-the-war-as-ukraine-runs-out-of-friends-15830205",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-10-21T00:46:28.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Age",
    "slug": "the-age",
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  "summary": "Donald Trump’s move to throw Ukrainian leader President Volodymyr Zelensky under the bus ahead of the midterm elections allows Vladimir Putin to call the shots.",
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        "published": "2026-10-20T10:50:00.000Z"
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        "published": "2026-10-20T12:06:27.000Z"
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        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/20/ukraines-drone-rescue-of-wounded-soldier-puts-much-touted-idea-into",
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      {
        "outlet": "The Hill",
        "title": "Trump teases release of Stephen Hubbard, American man jailed in Russia",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/20/trump-teases-release-of-stephen-hubbard-american-man-jailed-in-russia",
        "published": "2026-10-20T19:53:59.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Euromaidan Press",
        "title": "Russo-Ukrainian war, day 1700: Trump says Russia has “behaved quite decently” toward Ukraine on the day a Russian drone killed six people in a Kharkiv Oblast park",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/20/russo-ukrainian-war-day-1700-trump-says-russia-has-behaved-quite",
        "published": "2026-10-20T21:22:37.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "CBS News",
        "title": "Trump pushes Zelenskyy to end war with Russia as fuel prices rise with midterms looming",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/20/trump-pushes-zelenskyy-to-end-war-with-russia-as-fuel-prices-rise",
        "published": "2026-10-20T22:51:02.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "The Sydney Morning Herald",
        "title": "‘Checkmate’: Russia is winning the war as Ukraine runs out of friends",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/21/checkmate-russia-is-winning-the-war-as-ukraine-runs-out-of-friends",
        "published": "2026-10-21T00:46:28.000Z"
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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."
}