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  "id": 2812647,
  "title": "Zelensky warns wartime elections could divide and destroy Ukraine",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/23/zelensky-warns-wartime-elections-could-divide-and-destroy-ukraine",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-08-23T15:03:44.000Z",
  "source": {
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    "url": "https://english.ajel.sa/world/vda5s30q6"
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  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky says holding elections during the war with Russia could destroy the country by dividing its people.",
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      {
        "outlet": "CBS News",
        "title": "Zelenskyy rejects wartime elections, cites \"huge risk\"",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/23/zelenskyy-rejects-wartime-elections-cites-huge-risk",
        "published": "2026-08-23T08:59:04.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "DW News",
        "title": "Ukraine: Zelenskyy rejects wartime elections",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/23/ukraine-zelenskyy-rejects-wartime-elections",
        "published": "2026-08-23T10:23:00.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Financial Times",
        "title": "Zelenskyy rejects election call from fired defence minister",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/23/zelenskyy-rejects-election-call-from-fired-defence-minister",
        "published": "2026-08-23T11:26:39.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "New Voice of Ukraine",
        "title": "Zelenskyy warns wartime elections would be a ‘tsunami’ that splits Ukraine",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/23/zelenskyy-warns-wartime-elections-would-be-a-tsunami-that-splits",
        "published": "2026-08-23T12:02:00.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Al Jazeera",
        "title": "Zelenskyy says wartime elections could ‘destroy’ Ukraine",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/23/zelenskyy-says-wartime-elections-could-destroy-ukraine",
        "published": "2026-08-23T12:19:12.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "CBC News",
        "title": "Zelenskyy says holding elections during war would 'destroy' Ukraine",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/23/zelenskyy-says-holding-elections-during-war-would-destroy-ukraine",
        "published": "2026-08-23T13:41:41.000Z"
      }
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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."
}