{
  "id": 1780107,
  "title": "Russian Jet-Powered ‘Shahed’ Drone Reaches Western Ukraine for First Time",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/18/russian-jet-powered-shahed-drone-reaches-western-ukraine-for-first",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-08-18T18:47:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Kyiv Post",
    "slug": "kyiv-post",
    "url": "https://www.kyivpost.com/post/82616"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "A Russian jet-powered “Shahed” drone flew roughly 900 kilometers (nearly 560 miles) from Crimea into western Ukraine on Tuesday, Aug. 18, marking the farthest such strike recorded so far. According to Ukrainian monitoring systems, the flight path was designed to avoid air defenses.",
  "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."
}