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  "id": 1895953,
  "title": "Ukraine’s ousted defense minister calls for wartime elections in bombshell address",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/19/ukraines-ousted-defense-minister-calls-for-wartime-elections-in",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-08-19T08:04:53.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Egypt Independent",
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    "url": "https://www.egyptindependent.com/ukraines-ousted-defense-minister-calls-for-wartime-elections-in-bombshell-address/"
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  "summary": "KYIV Reuters — Ukraine’s ousted Defense Minister Mykhailo Fedorov called for wartime elections in a bombshell address on Tuesday, arguing the nation faced a crisis of governance, in the biggest internal challenge to President Volodymyr Zelensky since Russia’s invasion. Fedorov’s call, delivered in a video address posted on YouTube, is the first such demand by a … The post Ukraine’s ousted defense…",
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      {
        "outlet": "Le Monde English",
        "title": "Ukraine's former defense minister calls for elections and denounces corruption, defying Zelensky",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/19/ukraines-former-defense-minister-calls-for-elections-and-denounces",
        "published": "2026-08-19T08:26:06.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "France 24",
        "title": "Ousted Ukraine defence minister challenges Zelensky's leadership",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/19/ousted-ukraine-defence-minister-challenges-zelenskys-leadership",
        "published": "2026-08-19T09:23:28.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Ukrinform - Politics",
        "title": "Parliament appoints Sybiha as Ukraine's foreign minister",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/19/parliament-appoints-sybiha-as-ukraines-foreign-minister",
        "published": "2026-08-19T10:30:00.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Interfax-Ukraine",
        "title": "Zelenskyy on tasks for new foreign, defense ministers: More strength for Ukraine",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/19/zelenskyy-on-tasks-for-new-foreign-defense-ministers-more-strength",
        "published": "2026-08-19T11:24:11.000Z"
      }
    ]
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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."
}