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Proof: Russia strikes Ukrainian pylon with steel-cutting drone for 1st time, as power outages hit 3 regions

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{"first_seen":"2026-09-30T16:41:13Z","headline":"Russia strikes Ukrainian pylon with steel-cutting drone for 1st time, as power outages hit 3 regions","kind":"front-page-headline","rank":1,"source":"kyivindependent","url":"https://kyivindependent.com/russia-strikes-ukrainian-power-pylon-with-steel-cutting-drone-for-1st-time-zelenskys-adviser-says/","v":1}

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6a2cb6055fd35a400edd9007ab827bbfb7e6ca112a2779ebd2657b993c6766a7

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Submitted to the OpenTimestamps calendars 2026-09-30 16:42 UTC; waiting for a Bitcoin block (usually a few hours).

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• The record pageCaptured 2026-09-30 16:49 UTC — view the capture.
• The story pageCaptured 2026-09-30 16:50 UTC — view the capture.

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1. Hash the record: sha256sum headline-6a2cb6055fd3.json prints 6a2cb6055fd35a400edd9007ab827bbfb7e6ca112a2779ebd2657b993c6766a7. Its first twelve characters are the end of this record's address.
2. Drop headline-6a2cb6055fd3.json and headline-6a2cb6055fd3.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-6a2cb6055fd3.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.

Sealed automatically, 1 min after it was first seen.