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Proof: Russia strikes Ukraine's National Academy of Sciences

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{"first_seen":"2026-09-28T16:41:58Z","headline":"Russia strikes Ukraine's National Academy of Sciences","kind":"front-page-headline","rank":1,"source":"euronews","url":"https://www.euronews.com/2026/09/28/russia-strikes-ukraines-national-academy-of-sciences-killing-at-least-one-person","v":1}

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1ce6ef08ae31f4a5ceb757dbe0e50bb383e1704709a4cac840ac508c3a1e2539

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Confirmed in Bitcoin block 969030, mined 2026-09-28 18:14 UTC.

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  1. Hash the record: sha256sum headline-1ce6ef08ae31.json prints 1ce6ef08ae31f4a5ceb757dbe0e50bb383e1704709a4cac840ac508c3a1e2539. Its first twelve characters are the end of this record's address.
  2. Drop headline-1ce6ef08ae31.json and headline-1ce6ef08ae31.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-1ce6ef08ae31.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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