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Proof: At least 2 killed Kyiv as Russia slams capital with missile, drones on Putin's 74th birthday

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e6cc5f12dcb67d5a4be6d8f4e05aef99ef42caca07a4a6e289166ed3a99068ba

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Confirmed in Bitcoin block 970286, mined 2026-10-07 04:11 UTC.

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• The record pageCaptured 2026-10-07 03:57 UTC — view the capture.
• The story pageCaptured 2026-10-07 00:39 UTC — view the capture.

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1. Hash the record: sha256sum headline-e6cc5f12dcb6.json prints e6cc5f12dcb67d5a4be6d8f4e05aef99ef42caca07a4a6e289166ed3a99068ba. Its first twelve characters are the end of this record's address.
2. Drop headline-e6cc5f12dcb6.json and headline-e6cc5f12dcb6.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-e6cc5f12dcb6.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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