{
  "id": 16753543,
  "title": "He drove a taxi in Jakarta and once worked in the US. Russia trained him as a machine gunner for a week and a half, then sent him into his first and last battle",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/27/he-drove-a-taxi-in-jakarta-and-once-worked-in-the-us-russia-trained",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-10-27T14:27:15.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Euromaidan Press",
    "slug": "euromaidan-press",
    "url": "https://euromaidanpress.com/2026/10/27/he-drove-a-taxi-in-jakarta-and-once-worked-in-the-us-russia-trained-him-as-a-machine-gunner-for-a-week-and-a-half-then-sent-him-into-his-first-and-last-battle/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Ukraine’s military intelligence says Russian recruiters reached the Indonesian through his job search and moved him from a contract signing near Moscow to the front in a matter of weeks.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 2,
    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "Al Jazeera",
        "title": "Russia strikes Kyiv ahead of localised ceasefire in Oleshky",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/27/russia-strikes-kyiv-ahead-of-localised-ceasefire-in-oleshky",
        "published": "2026-10-27T13:34:07.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
  "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."
}