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Proof: The race against time to save Ukrainian kids from Putin's war machine

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{"first_seen":"2026-09-28T19:00:36Z","headline":"The race against time to save Ukrainian kids from Putin's war machine","kind":"front-page-headline","rank":1,"source":"abcau","url":"https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-09-29/inside-mission-to-save-ukraine-teens-from-russian-territory/107194986","v":1}

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009b0f8294804864e1404459afab0c88f590ad018b8bd0e9db680a88593332ea

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Confirmed in Bitcoin block 969038, mined 2026-09-28 19:25 UTC.

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  1. Hash the record: sha256sum headline-009b0f829480.json prints 009b0f8294804864e1404459afab0c88f590ad018b8bd0e9db680a88593332ea. Its first twelve characters are the end of this record's address.
  2. Drop headline-009b0f829480.json and headline-009b0f829480.json.ots onto opentimestamps.org, which checks the receipt against the Bitcoin block chain. Or, with the OpenTimestamps client and a Bitcoin node: ots verify headline-009b0f829480.json.ots (ots upgrade first while the receipt is pending).
  3. Open the Wayback Machine's captures above: the capture of the record page shows this hash as it stood then, and the capture of the story page shows the newsroom's own page.

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