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Proof: Ukrainian drones reportedly strike oil facility in massive attack near Moscow

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{"first_seen":"2026-10-06T04:00:28Z","headline":"Ukrainian drones reportedly strike oil facility in massive attack near Moscow","kind":"front-page-headline","rank":1,"source":"kyivindependent","url":"https://kyivindependent.com/ukrainian-drones-reportedly-attack-moscow-oblast-in-mass-attack-near-russias-capital/","v":1}

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d0a350a909f9014ff8bf64869633d436e07a2a2109682bd5ff51ce57f354904b

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Confirmed in Bitcoin block 970131, mined 2026-10-06 04:14 UTC.

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  1. Hash the record: sha256sum headline-d0a350a909f9.json prints d0a350a909f9014ff8bf64869633d436e07a2a2109682bd5ff51ce57f354904b. Its first twelve characters are the end of this record's address.
  2. Drop headline-d0a350a909f9.json and headline-d0a350a909f9.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-d0a350a909f9.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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