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  "id": 5065600,
  "title": "Zelensky says airlines should avoid Russian airspace as Ukraine escalates drone operations",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/02/zelensky-says-airlines-should-avoid-russian-airspace-as-ukraine-5065600",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-09-02T09:54:52.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "People Daily Kenya",
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    "url": "https://peopledaily.digital/news/zelensky-says-airlines-should-avoid-russian-airspace-as-ukraine-escalates-drone-operations"
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  "summary": "Ukraine’s president has told airlines that Russian airspace will be “effectively closing” as his country escalates its drone strikes. “We want to warn every airline that uses Russian airspace, every insurer, everyone who still uses key Russian airports: the Russian sky is becoming completely dangerous,” Volodymyr Zelensky says. Most Western commercial airlines do not fly […]",
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        "published": "2026-09-02T10:38:00.000Z"
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        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/02/rutte-russian-threat-to-eu-will-not-deter-allies-from-supporting",
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        "outlet": "Punch",
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        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/02/ukraine-minister-condemns-motorsports-decision-to-lift-russian-ban",
        "published": "2026-09-02T12:14:39.000Z"
      }
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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."
}