{
  "id": 55656,
  "title": "In Barcelona, Russian and Ukrainian exiles cross paths at the baths: 'We don't talk about the war, not even at the banya'",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/02/in-barcelona-russian-and-ukrainian-exiles-cross-paths-at-the-baths-we",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-08-02T18:30:04.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Le Monde English",
    "slug": "le-monde-english",
    "url": "https://www.lemonde.fr/en/m-le-mag/article/2026/08/02/in-barcelona-russian-and-ukrainian-exiles-cross-paths-at-the-baths-we-don-t-talk-about-the-war-not-even-at-the-banya_6756093_117.html"
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  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Traditional steam baths in Barcelona have become a place for Russians and Ukrainians to coexist. These establishments, popular with both communities who arrived in the city by the thousands at the start of the war in 2022, have been springing up across the Catalan capital over the past year.\n\nThe baths have become an unexpected meeting place for the two groups. According to Le Monde English, they have been able to find common ground in these traditional Eastern European and Russian steam baths.\n\nIn a separate development, Ukraine's military has been engaged in fighting with Russian forces on several fronts. New Voice of Ukraine reports that Ukrainian troops repelled multiple Russian assaults and carried out defensive operations on the North Slobozhanskyi and Kursk fronts.",
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    "outlets": 3,
    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "New Voice of Ukraine",
        "title": "Ukrainian border guards repel seven Russian assault groups",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/02/ukrainian-border-guards-repel-seven-russian-assault-groups",
        "published": "2026-08-02T11:54:00.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Al Jazeera",
        "title": "Ukrainian drone attacks kill eight in response to Russian missiles",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/02/ukrainian-drone-attacks-kill-eight-in-response-to-russian-missiles",
        "published": "2026-08-02T18:37:23.000Z"
      }
    ]
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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."
}