{
  "id": 1678562,
  "title": "Russia builds border drone bases to scale up strikes on Ukraine",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/18/russia-builds-border-drone-bases-to-scale-up-strikes-on-ukraine",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-08-18T08:19:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "New Voice of Ukraine",
    "slug": "new-voice-of-ukraine",
    "url": "https://english.nv.ua/nation/russia-prepares-new-bases-for-jet-drones-50633587.html"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Russia is expanding a network of long-range drone launch bases along its Ukraine and Belarus borders, which could intensify strikes against Ukraine and create a potential threat to NATO, the Institute for the Study of War (ISW) wrote on Aug. 17.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "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."
}