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  "id": 7823179,
  "title": "Court frees drivers whose trucks were used in Ukraine’s Operation Spiderweb attacks on Russian airfields",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/16/court-frees-drivers-whose-trucks-were-used-in-ukraines-operation",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-09-16T15:53:45.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Insider",
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    "url": "https://theins.press/en/news/297194"
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  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "On Sept. 16, the Moscow City Court released four truck drivers whose vehicles were used last year by the Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) in attacks on Russian military airfields as part of Operation Spiderweb , according to a report by the Kremlin-aligned newspaper Kommersant . The court ordered the release of Andrei Merkuryev, Alexander Zaitsev, Mikhail Ryumin, and Sergei Kanurin after…",
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      {
        "outlet": "New Voice of Ukraine",
        "title": "Russian court releases truck drivers linked to drone launches after evidence falls short",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/16/russian-court-releases-truck-drivers-linked-to-drone-launches-after",
        "published": "2026-09-16T14:30:00.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Meduza (English)",
        "title": "Kyiv says Belarus reactivated relays that helped Russian drones strike a gas station and passenger train near Ukraine’s border with Poland",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/16/kyiv-says-belarus-reactivated-relays-that-helped-russian-drones",
        "published": "2026-09-16T16:29:27.000Z"
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      {
        "outlet": "The Insider",
        "title": "Russian regions are cutting back on bonus payments for contract soldiers signing up to fight in Ukraine",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/16/russian-regions-are-cutting-back-on-bonus-payments-for-contract",
        "published": "2026-09-16T16:31:59.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "CBC News",
        "title": "Russian drones hit bus, train in Ukraine, killing 5: officials",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/16/russian-drones-hit-bus-train-in-ukraine-killing-5-officials",
        "published": "2026-09-16T17:17:13.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Kyiv Independent",
        "title": "Ukraine war latest: Russian general eliminated in occupied part of Donetsk Oblast, military says",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/16/ukraine-war-latest-russian-general-eliminated-in-occupied-part-of",
        "published": "2026-09-16T18:47:51.000Z"
      }
    ]
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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."
}