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Proof: Russian attacks plunge Kyiv into near-total darkness, disrupt power, metro, water supply

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{"first_seen":"2026-10-08T17:51:45Z","headline":"Russian attacks plunge Kyiv into near-total darkness, disrupt power, metro, water supply","kind":"front-page-headline","rank":1,"source":"kyivindependent","url":"https://kyivindependent.com/russian-attacks-plunge-kyiv-into-near-total-darkness-disrupt-power-metro-water-supply/","v":1}

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00df313a4d4655ce819bd9d707c1d7eda4055dcd85c9a1114055caad8341a872

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Confirmed in Bitcoin block 970517, mined 2026-10-08 18:13 UTC.

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• The record pageCaptured 2026-10-08 17:52 UTC — view the capture.
• The story pageCaptured 2026-10-08 17:53 UTC — view the capture.

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1. Hash the record: sha256sum headline-00df313a4d46.json prints 00df313a4d4655ce819bd9d707c1d7eda4055dcd85c9a1114055caad8341a872. Its first twelve characters are the end of this record's address.
2. Drop headline-00df313a4d46.json and headline-00df313a4d46.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-00df313a4d46.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.