{
  "id": 19248202,
  "title": "Ukraine war: 400,000 Russian deaths, the toll Vladimir Putin tried to hide",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/09/ukraine-war-400-000-russian-deaths-the-toll-vladimir-putin-tried-to",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-11-09T23:27:05.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Le Monde English",
    "slug": "le-monde-english",
    "url": "https://www.lemonde.fr/en/international/article/2026/11/10/the-death-toll-putin-has-tried-to-hide-nearly-400-000-russians-killed-in-the-ukraine-war_6776332_4.html"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Belarusian and Ukrainian hackers managed to infiltrate the computers of Rosstat, Russia's official statistics agency. The figures they uncovered, published by Bloomberg, are based on death certificates linked to the 'special military operation' – the official Russian term for the war in Ukraine. The tally underreports the true scale of Russian losses.",
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        "published": "2026-11-09T20:04:14.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Euromaidan Press",
        "title": "Covert Russian network uses France’s riots to paint Macron’s government as weak. Same operation targets support for Ukraine — Reuters",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/09/covert-russian-network-uses-frances-riots-to-paint-macrons-government",
        "published": "2026-11-09T21:55:42.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "New Voice of Ukraine",
        "title": "EU launches emergency Ukraine aid mechanism as Russian attacks intensify",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/09/eu-launches-emergency-ukraine-aid-mechanism-as-russian-attacks",
        "published": "2026-11-09T23:19:00.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
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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."
}