{
  "id": 1925553,
  "title": "Parliament appoints Khmara as Ukraine's defense minister",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/19/parliament-appoints-khmara-as-ukraines-defense-minister",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-08-19T11:27:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Ukrinform - Politics",
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    "url": "https://www.ukrinform.net/rubric-polytics/4155603-parliament-appoints-khmara-as-ukraines-defense-minister.html"
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  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "The Verkhovna Rada has approved President Volodymyr Zelensky's nomination of Yevhenii Khmara as Ukraine's defense minister.",
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    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "Kyiv Independent",
        "title": "Parliament votes through Yevhen Khmara to succeed Fedorov as defense minister",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/19/parliament-votes-through-yevhen-khmara-to-succeed-fedorov-as-defense",
        "published": "2026-08-19T10:35:54.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "France 24",
        "title": "Ukraine’s ousted minister Mykhailo Fedorov calls for wartime elections",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/19/ukraines-ousted-minister-mykhailo-fedorov-calls-for-wartime-elections",
        "published": "2026-08-19T12:23:43.000Z"
      }
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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."
}