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  "id": 8286635,
  "title": "Presidential adviser: Russia attacks Ukraine with mesh-controlled Shahed UAVs, no countermeasures taken",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/18/presidential-adviser-russia-attacks-ukraine-with-mesh-controlled",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-09-18T18:05:05.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Interfax-Ukraine",
    "slug": "interfax-ukraine",
    "url": "https://en.interfax.com.ua/news/general/1206760.html"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Serhiy (Flash) Beskrestnov, an adviser to the President of Ukraine, stated that over the past year, no one in the Armed Forces of Ukraine had been working on technologies to counter mesh networks – the jet-powered drones controlled by Russian occupiers that are currently attacking Ukraine.",
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    "outlets": 7,
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      {
        "outlet": "New Voice of Ukraine",
        "title": "Ukraine hits Russian Orion drone control station at Saky airfield",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/18/ukraine-hits-russian-orion-drone-control-station-at-saky-airfield",
        "published": "2026-09-18T14:15:00.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Al Jazeera",
        "title": "Russia seizes assets of French firms, summons UK envoy over Ukraine support",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/18/russia-seizes-assets-of-french-firms-summons-uk-envoy-over-ukraine",
        "published": "2026-09-18T14:17:20.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Euromaidan Press",
        "title": "“A warning to companies that remain”: Russia takes control of Nestlé and Auchan’s assets – companies that stayed in Russia following the full-scale invasion of Ukraine",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/18/a-warning-to-companies-that-remain-russia-takes-control-of-nestle-and",
        "published": "2026-09-18T16:03:25.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Kyiv Independent",
        "title": "Russia increasingly using repurposed S-400 training missiles to bombard Ukraine, Reuters reports",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/18/russia-increasingly-using-repurposed-s-400-training-missiles-to",
        "published": "2026-09-18T17:11:48.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Interfax-Ukraine",
        "title": "Russia systematically uses cognitive tools against Ukraine, allies – Sybiha",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/18/russia-systematically-uses-cognitive-tools-against-ukraine-allies",
        "published": "2026-09-18T18:07:54.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Ukrinform - Politics",
        "title": "Europe not to accept recognition of Russia’s occupation of Ukraine, Landsbergis says",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/18/europe-not-to-accept-recognition-of-russias-occupation-of-ukraine",
        "published": "2026-09-18T18:20:00.000Z"
      }
    ]
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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."
}