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Proof: Russia ramps up attacks on Ukraine’s capital making Kyiv unlivable

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{"first_seen":"2026-10-03T18:40:49Z","headline":"Russia ramps up attacks on Ukraine’s capital making Kyiv unlivable","kind":"front-page-headline","rank":1,"source":"channel4","url":"https://www.channel4.com/news/russia-ramps-up-attacks-on-ukraines-capital-making-kyiv-unlivable","v":1}

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419adb5f2fb94374222ed0f0e7abdca0daffd921d7af87c2f80bdc7c54db63b2

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Confirmed in Bitcoin block 969756, mined 2026-10-03 19:52 UTC.

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  1. Hash the record: sha256sum headline-419adb5f2fb9.json prints 419adb5f2fb94374222ed0f0e7abdca0daffd921d7af87c2f80bdc7c54db63b2. Its first twelve characters are the end of this record's address.
  2. Drop headline-419adb5f2fb9.json and headline-419adb5f2fb9.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-419adb5f2fb9.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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