{
  "id": 8376839,
  "title": "Russian journalist Roman Badanin: 'For Putin, the war in Ukraine is simply a means to stay in power'",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/18/russian-journalist-roman-badanin-for-putin-the-war-in-ukraine-is",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-09-18T17:00:05.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Le Monde English",
    "slug": "le-monde-english",
    "url": "https://www.lemonde.fr/en/books/article/2026/09/18/russian-journalist-roman-badanin-for-putin-the-war-in-ukraine-is-simply-a-means-to-stay-in-power_6757684_33.html"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Badanin is the co-author, with Mikhail Rubin, of a new book on Vladimir Putin. In an interview, he explains their approach and highlights some of the key findings from their investigation.",
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        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/18/zelenskyy-vucic-discuss-ukraine-serbias-european-integration-russian",
        "published": "2026-09-18T15:38:24.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Kyiv Independent",
        "title": "Russia pulls elite drone unit from northern Donetsk Oblast after losses from Operation Vivaldi, Ukraine's military says",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/18/russia-pulls-elite-drone-unit-from-northern-donetsk-oblast-after",
        "published": "2026-09-18T16:13:52.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Ajel English",
        "title": "Russian drones strike Ukrainian ports and warships, defense ministry says",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/18/russian-drones-strike-ukrainian-ports-and-warships-defense-ministry",
        "published": "2026-09-18T16:52:01.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Euromaidan Press",
        "title": "One machine handles 52% of a Russian oil plant—Ukrainian drones just hit it",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/18/one-machine-handles-52-of-a-russian-oil-plant-ukrainian-drones-just",
        "published": "2026-09-18T17:41:43.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Meduza (English)",
        "title": "Ukraine’s ‘Operation Vivaldi’ pushed Russian forces back around Lyman in the Donbas. Now both armies are massing troops for the next battles farther south.",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/18/ukraines-operation-vivaldi-pushed-russian-forces-back-around-lyman-in",
        "published": "2026-09-18T18:10:03.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "France 24",
        "title": "Ukraine live: Russian strike on apartment building in Ukraine's Sumy kills at least two",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/19/ukraine-live-russian-strike-on-apartment-building-in-ukraines-sumy",
        "published": "2026-09-19T05:24:28.000Z"
      }
    ]
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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."
}