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Ukraine War Oct 31, 2026: Rocket Fuel Plant Hit, Patriot Sale, Oleshky

Ukraine war news: drones cut power to almost 300,000 homes, Neptune missiles hit a rocket fuel plant and the US clears 500 Patriots.

ByPeter
Map of Ukraine and western Russia for the Oct 31, 2026 Ukraine war update, marking Russian strikes on Kyiv, Dnipro
Places named in this report, Oct 30–31, 2026; numbers match the footnotes, and marks labeled approx. are approximate. Markers show reported events, not front lines. Map: Peter's World; data: Natural Earth

By Sentinel, War Room Correspondent

Key Takeaways: 5 things to know

  1. Russia launched 134 drones at Ukraine overnight and 105 were downed or jammed, the Air Force said, as strikes left almost 300,000 households without power (see Russian Strikes on Ukraine).
  2. Ukraine’s General Staff said Neptune missiles and drones struck the Kamensky Plant in Russia’s Rostov region, which makes solid rocket fuel, damaging four workshops (see Ukraine’s Strikes in Russia).
  3. The State Department approved a possible $2.1 billion sale of 500 Patriot interceptors for Ukraine, though sources say deliveries will not start before 2030 (see Air Defense and Allied Support).
  4. Evacuees from occupied Oleshky flew from Russia to Belarus and were due back in Ukraine within hours, a senior Ukrainian lawmaker said (see Talks, Oleshky and the G20).
  5. Kremlin aide Yury Ushakov said Russia-US-Ukraine talks in Abu Dhabi will be set for November, but Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said Moscow’s position is unchanged (see Talks, Oleshky and the G20).
Report detailsDaily, Saturday update · Data cutoff Oct 31, ~8:00 AM ETDetails
  • Publisher: Peter’s World War Room
  • Edition: Daily, Saturday update
  • Coverage window: Oct 30, 2026, ~7:30 AM ET to Oct 31, 2026, ~7:30 AM ET
  • Data cutoff: Oct 31, 2026, ~8:00 AM ET
  • Times: ET; Kyiv is ET+6 and Moscow is ET+7
  • Style: Rev. 3
  • Sources: war.gov News checked first (no Ukraine release in the window), then the State Department; Ukraine’s Air Force, General Staff, president and regional officials via Ukrainska Pravda and The Kyiv Independent; Russian officials via TASS, treated as claims
Map of Ukraine and western Russia for the Oct 31, 2026 Ukraine war update, marking Russian strikes on Kyiv, Dnipro, Sloviansk, Sumy and Kharkiv, Zaporizhzhia Oblast, Oleshky, and Ukrainian strikes on Kamensk-Shakhtinsky and Ufa; some marks are approximate.
Places named in this report, Oct 30–31, 2026; numbers match the footnotes, and marks labeled approx. are approximate. Markers show reported events, not front lines. Map: Peter’s World; data: Natural Earth

Munitions Count: Oct 31

Ukraine vs Russia: munitions launched, downed and hits, per side, as reported by the cited source. Figures are not added up.
Munition typeUkraineRussia
Ukraine launchedDowned by RussiaUkraine hitsRussia launchedDowned by UkraineRussia hits
Drone Long-range attack drones, overnightn/a2[15]Claimn/a134[16]105[17]n/a
Drone Of which jet-powered Shahedsn/an/an/an/a49[18]n/a
Drone Drones, mostly FPV, Zaporizhzhia Oblastn/an/an/a745[19]n/an/a
Drone Drones, Sumy cityn/an/an/a2[20]n/a2[21]
Other Airstrikes, Zaporizhzhia Oblastn/an/an/a15[22]n/an/a
Other Artillery strikes, Zaporizhzhia Oblastn/an/an/a175[23]n/an/a
Drone Neptune missiles and drones, Kamensky Plantn/an/a1[24]n/an/an/a
Drone Hornet attack drones, Mi-8 helicoptern/an/a2[25]n/an/an/a

“Claim” marks a figure not independently confirmed; n/a means the source gave no figure.

9 reported counts from 6 sources, 1 of them unverified claim. Each row is one source's own figure; rows are not added together.

Munitions Count: Oct 31: launched, downed and hit, as reported by the named source
AttackerTarget and placeMunitionLaunchedDownedHitDateSource
RussiaUkraine (Across Ukraine; energy sites in Dnipropetrovsk and Kyiv oblasts)Long-range attack drones (Shahed, Gerbera and decoys)13410578% of launched—2026-10-30/31pravda.com.ua Ukrainian Air Force[26]
RussiaUkraine (Across Ukraine)Of which jet-powered Shaheds—49—2026-10-30/31pravda.com.ua Ukrainian Air Force[27]
RussiaUkraine: Zaporizhzhia Oblast (51 settlements in Zaporizhzhia Oblast)Drones, mostly FPV745——2026-10-30pravda.com.ua Ivan Fedorov, regional defense council[28]
RussiaUkraine: Zaporizhzhia Oblast (Komyshuvakha, Vilniansk and nine other settlements)Airstrikes15——2026-10-30pravda.com.ua Ivan Fedorov, regional defense council[29]
RussiaUkraine: Zaporizhzhia Oblast (Richne, Hryhorivka and other settlements)Artillery strikes175——2026-10-30pravda.com.ua Ivan Fedorov, regional defense council[30]
RussiaUkraine: Sumy (Zarichnyi district, Sumy)Drones2—22026-10-30pravda.com.ua Acting mayor Artem Kobzar[31]
Ukraine (Russian claim)ClaimRussia: Moscow (Approaches to Moscow)Drones—2 (claim)—2026-10-30/31tass.com Moscow Mayor Sergei Sobyanin, claim[32]
UkraineRussia: Kamensky Plant (Kamensk-Shakhtinsky, Rostov Oblast)Neptune missiles and drones——12026-10-30/31pravda.com.ua Ukraine’s General Staff[33]
UkraineRussia: Mi-8 helicopter (Occupied Luhansk Oblast)Hornet attack drones——22026-10-30pravda.com.ua 3rd Army Corps, as relayed[34]

— = not reported by the source. Downed = intercepted or shot down.

Official counts and claims, October 30, ~7:30 AM ET, to October 31, ~7:30 AM ET.

The Air Force’s 20 hit locations and 10 debris sites count places, not munitions.[35] The Kamensky hit counts one plant, where the General Staff reported four workshops damaged. Russia’s Defense Ministry claimed drone strikes on Ukrainian logistics and energy sites and on a cargo ship off Odesa without giving counts, and Ukraine has not confirmed the ship strike.[36]

This Ukraine war update for October 31, 2026, covers an overnight drone attack that left almost 300,000 households without power, a Ukrainian missile strike on a Russian rocket-fuel plant, a US-approved Patriot sale with distant deliveries and the end of the Oleshky evacuation.[1] It follows yesterday’s Ukraine war update; the War Room lists every theater.

Russian Strikes on Ukraine

Russia sent 134 Shahed, Gerbera and decoy drones overnight, and Ukraine’s Air Force said 105 were destroyed or jammed by 8:30 AM Kyiv time, 49 of them jet-powered Shaheds.[37] Zelensky said the attacks hit four electrical substations in Dnipropetrovsk Oblast, a combined heat and power plant in Shostka, rail sites in Dnipro and Kharkiv, and a gas facility, leaving about 200,000 households in the Dnipro area and more than 80,000 in Kyiv Oblast without power.[38] DTEK said one Dnipro facility was hit again after crews had spent almost two days repairing it.[39]

On the evening of October 30, a strike on an energy facility in Kyiv cut power to parts of four districts and lowered water pressure across the city, Mayor Vitali Klitschko said.[40] Earlier that day, Russia struck Dnipro’s railway station for a second day; one woman was injured, and staff and passengers were in shelters.[41]

Regional officials reported five people killed and at least 46 injured over the past day.[42] In Sloviansk, a 73-year-old man and a 16-year-old boy traveling with his parents were killed.[43] Russia carried out 935 attacks on 51 settlements in Zaporizhzhia Oblast, killing one person (see Munitions Count).[44] Two drones set fires at a non-residential building and a car wash in Sumy, with no casualties reported.[45]

Ukraine’s Strikes in Russia

Ukraine’s General Staff said Neptune missiles and drones struck the Kamensky Plant in Kamensk-Shakhtinsky, Rostov Oblast, overnight, setting a warehouse on fire and damaging four production workshops.[46] It said the plant makes solid rocket fuel for Uragan, Smerch and Tornado-S rocket launchers and other missiles. The same night, drones attacked Ufa, where Russian outlet Astra said the Bashneft-Novoil refinery’s catalytic reforming unit appeared to be burning; there was no independent confirmation.[47]

The General Staff also placed the Iskander-M launcher Zelensky mentioned yesterday near Fatezh in Kursk Oblast, at a site used to reload ballistic missiles.[48] Satellite images released by Ukrainian analysts showed two Su-34 bombers destroyed at Marinovka air base, matching the Navy’s October 29 claim.[49] Ukraine’s 3rd Army Corps said Hornet attack drones struck a Russian Mi-8 helicopter twice after it landed in occupied Luhansk Oblast, destroying it.[50]

Inside Russia, Kaliningrad and nearby towns lost power and mobile internet shortly before midnight local time, and authorities gave no cause.[51] Moscow’s mayor said air defenses destroyed two unmanned aircraft heading for the capital.[52] Russia’s Defense Ministry said its drones hit a dry cargo ship 18 kilometers south of Odesa that it claimed was carrying military cargo.[53]

Air Defense and Allied Support

The State Department approved a possible sale of 500 PAC-3 MSE Patriot interceptors to Ukraine for an estimated $2.1 billion, paid for by Canada, Germany and Norway through the JUMPSTART program and by EU-financed Ukrainian funds, with no US money involved.[54] A Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty correspondent, citing sources, said deliveries are not expected before 2030, and Zelensky asked for a winter package of 100 interceptors a month from existing stocks.[55] NATO’s top commander, Gen. Alexus Grynkewich, told Bloomberg that nothing in the European-funded PURL packages has been delayed and that a delivery arrived within the last week.[56]

The European Commission prepared a mechanism to release the remaining €45 billion of its €90 billion loan in 2027, Reuters reported.[57] A separate Commission proposal would pay €8.04 billion under the Ukraine Facility, €264.6 million less than requested, because of unfinished reforms.[58] Prime Minister Mark Carney said Canada will contribute an initial €500 million to the Ukraine Support Loan.[59]

Talks, Oleshky and the G20

The last of four planes carrying people evacuated from occupied Oleshky landed in Gomel, Belarus, and lawmaker Davyd Arakhamia said they would be on Ukrainian territory within hours.[60] Human rights commissioner Dmytro Lubinets said the local ceasefire had held for 87 hours without a violation.[61] Volunteers told hromadske that Russian forces removed bodies and cleaned streets before journalists arrived, and that about 100 bodies were being kept in the hospital basement.[62] Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said there is no agreement yet on mutual prison visits by the two ombudsmen.[63]

On the wider talks, Kremlin aide Yury Ushakov said the Russia-US-Ukraine meeting in Abu Dhabi “will be set for November.”[64] Peskov said Moscow is against “a ceasefire that will give Ukrainians a respite” and will not halt combat before the talks.[65] In Atlanta, Lavrov said Russia’s “position has not changed” and complained that Zelensky “keeps boasting” about long-range missiles.[66] He also said the Russia-US diesel deal “causes irritation” in Congress.[67]

The G20 foreign ministers’ meeting in Atlanta skipped its family photo after European ministers refused to pose with Lavrov, according to German, British and US media reports.[68] Polish Foreign Minister Radosław Sikorski said he would tell Lavrov, “Sergei, tell your boss enough is enough.”[69] Secretary Rubio opened the plenary by focusing on freedom of navigation and food security without naming Russia in his opening remarks.[70] Today’s Trade War report covers Rubio’s opening of the meeting, and the China Taiwan News report covers Japan’s talks with Lavrov in Atlanta.

Domestic Affairs

Ukrainska Pravda reported that former prosecutor general Ruslan Kravchenko was stopped at the Shehyni crossing because of a flag from anti-corruption agencies but let through after a call from Kyiv, citing law-enforcement sources.[71] State Border Guard Service spokesman Andrii Demchenko denied that a call from Kyiv let Kravchenko cross.[72] Ukraine’s government also faces a 2027 budget gap of at least €70 billion, Kyiv Independent reported, which the EU and Canadian pledges aim to narrow.[73]

War Crimes and Civilian Harm

Allegations are attributed; findings are not established unless stated.

Ukrzaliznytsia named five railway employees killed in the October 29 strike on Dnipro station while helping passengers evacuate.[74] In Kremenchuk, relatives said a mother killed on October 29 shielded her two children with her body.[75] Ukraine’s UN ambassador, Andrii Melnyk, called for an emergency Security Council meeting over the attacks on Dnipro, Chernihiv and Kremenchuk.[76] Ukrainian intelligence said Russian authorities in occupied Crimea are training children as young as seven to fly drones and handle assault rifles.[77] These are allegations by parties to the conflict; no competent body has made findings on these incidents.

Statements by Military Leaders

Quotes
DateSpeakerRole/OrgQuoteContext/TopicSource
2026-10-30Alexus GrynkewichNATO Supreme Allied Commander Europe“Everything has been delivered, in fact, we just had the delivery within the last week.”Patriot deliveriespravda.com.ua [78]
2026-10-30Volodymyr ZelenskyPresident of Ukraine“Our deep-strike units will also be expanded.”Long-range strikespravda.com.ua [79]
2026-10-30Dmitry PeskovKremlin spokesman“We have repeatedly said that we are against a ceasefire that will give Ukrainians a respite.”Abu Dhabi talkstass.com [80]
2026-10-30Sergey LavrovRussian Foreign Minister“I don’t know what Ukrainians plan to bring to the negotiating table.”Abu Dhabi talkstass.com [81]

What to Watch (Assessment)

  • Zelensky’s talks with President Erdoğan in Istanbul and any Black Sea security announcement.
  • Whether Washington offers Patriot interceptors from existing stocks before the new missiles are built.
  • The date of the Russia-US-Ukraine meeting in Abu Dhabi.
  • Repairs to Dnipro and Kyiv power and water systems as temperatures fall.
  • Russian confirmation, or denial, of damage at Kamensk-Shakhtinsky and Ufa.

Seven lenses

Analysis

About the framework

Geography & Strategic Position

Russia’s strikes stayed concentrated on the Dnipro and Kyiv power grids and on rail hubs in Dnipro and Kharkiv, the arteries that carry people and supplies to the eastern front.[2] Ukraine’s reach ran the other way, from the Rostov region near the border to the Ufa refineries in Bashkortostan.[3]

Military & Security

Ukraine’s Air Force logged drone hits at 20 locations (see Munitions Count).[4] Ukraine’s General Staff said it also struck four Russian logistics depots in occupied Donetsk, Zaporizhzhia and Luhansk oblasts.[5] We assess that both sides are targeting the other’s supply chains, fuel and power rather than the front line alone.

Alliances & Diplomatic Networks

Europe kept Russia at arm’s length at the G20 meeting in Atlanta, where the customary family photo was reportedly dropped after European ministers refused to stand beside Sergey Lavrov.[6] Turkey’s presidency said Zelensky would visit Istanbul on October 31 to discuss the war and Black Sea security.[7]

Economic & Industrial Power

Europe and Canada are carrying more of UkraineEurope and Canada are carrying more of Ukraine’s 2027 financing, with fresh loan commitments announced in this window (see Air Defense and Allied Support).s 2027 financing, with fresh loan commitments announced in this window (see Air Defense and Allied Support).[8] Allies, not Washington, are paying for the new Patriot buy (see Air Defense and Allied Support).[9]

Technology & Critical Infrastructure

Fire Point’s chief executive said the company’s missiles and drones can now finish missions without a satellite link, though she put that at only 15 to 20% of what Starlink access over Russia would allow.[10] Zelensky said Ukraine’s deep-strike units will be expanded to reach facilities from Yamal to Western Siberia.[11] Today’s Space War report covers the satellite angle.

Domestic Politics & Information

A Ukrainska Pravda investigation said former prosecutor general Ruslan Kravchenko was let across the Polish border after a call from Kyiv despite an anti-corruption flag, a claim border guards denied.[12] Lavrov dismissed reporting that Moscow prefers a phone call to a Putin-Zelensky meeting, telling a reporter, “Oh, don’t believe them.”[13]

Strategic Leverage & Outcomes

Moscow says it will not pause fighting before the Abu Dhabi talks and that its war aims are unchanged, while Kyiv is answering with deeper strikes and new air-defense purchases (see Talks, Oleshky and the G20).[14] We assess that neither side is offering concessions ahead of the November meeting.

Strategic assessment

Relative advantage
Russia holds the initiative in strikes on Ukraine’s energy grid.
Critical vulnerability
Ukraine’s interceptor stocks heading into winter.
Decisive uncertainty
Whether existing Patriot stocks can be sent before new missiles are built.
Likely trajectory
More strikes on power and fuel on both sides before the Abu Dhabi talks.
Strategic outcome
Not yet determinable.

Analysis by Peter’s World using the Seven Lenses framework. Numbered notes link to the footnotes at the end of this report. Scores, where shown, are judgments, not measurements.

Additional sources

Footnotes

  1. [1] Ukrainska Pravda, “Russian forces attack Ukraine with 134 drones overnight, with hits recorded at 20 locations”, https://www.pravda.com.ua/eng/news/2026/10/31/8060590/. Published: Oct 31, 2026, 2:42 AM ET. Retrieved: 2026-10-31. Relays Ukraine’s Air Force.
  2. [2] Ukrainska Pravda, “Zelenskyy: Almost 300,000 households without power after Russian strikes on Dnipropetrovsk and Kyiv oblasts”, https://www.pravda.com.ua/eng/news/2026/10/31/8060618/. Published: Oct 31, 2026, 6:01 AM ET. Retrieved: 2026-10-31. Relays President Zelensky.
  3. [3] Ukrainska Pravda, “Ukraine strikes Russian rocket fuel plant with Neptune missiles and drones – General Staff”, https://www.pravda.com.ua/eng/news/2026/10/31/8060623/. Published: Oct 31, 2026, 6:54 AM ET. Retrieved: 2026-10-31. Relays Ukraine’s General Staff.
  4. [4] Ukrainska Pravda, “Russian forces attack Ukraine with 134 drones overnight, with hits recorded at 20 locations”, https://www.pravda.com.ua/eng/news/2026/10/31/8060590/. Published: Oct 31, 2026, 2:42 AM ET. Retrieved: 2026-10-31. Relays Ukraine’s Air Force.
  5. [5] Ukrainska Pravda, “Ukraine strikes Russian rocket fuel plant with Neptune missiles and drones – General Staff”, https://www.pravda.com.ua/eng/news/2026/10/31/8060623/. Published: Oct 31, 2026, 6:54 AM ET. Retrieved: 2026-10-31. Relays Ukraine’s General Staff.
  6. [6] The Kyiv Independent, “G20 family photo allegedly canceled over Russian presence”, https://kyivindependent.com/g20-family-photo-allegedly-canceled-over-russian-presence/. Published: Oct 30, 2026, 2:03 PM ET. Retrieved: 2026-10-31. Relays n-tv, BBC and AP reporting.
  7. [7] Ukrainska Pravda, “Zelenskyy expected in Türkiye on 31 October”, https://www.pravda.com.ua/eng/news/2026/10/30/8060503/. Published: Oct 30, 2026, 11:30 AM ET. Retrieved: 2026-10-31. Relays Turkish presidency communications head Burhanettin Duran.
  8. [8] Ukrainska Pravda, “Reuters: European Commission prepares mechanism to release remaining €45bn of loan funds to Ukraine in 2027”, https://www.pravda.com.ua/eng/news/2026/10/31/8060588/. Published: Oct 31, 2026, 1:22 AM ET. Retrieved: 2026-10-31. Relays Reuters.
  9. [9] Ukrainska Pravda, “US approves possible sale of 500 Patriot missiles to Ukraine”, https://www.pravda.com.ua/eng/news/2026/10/30/8060570/. Published: Oct 30, 2026, 3:24 PM ET. Retrieved: 2026-10-31. Relays the State Department notification.
  10. [10] Ukrainska Pravda, “Ukrainian arms manufacturer Fire Point claims to have overcome Starlink restrictions for long-range strikes – Reuters”, https://www.pravda.com.ua/eng/news/2026/10/30/8060568/. Published: Oct 30, 2026, 3:18 PM ET. Retrieved: 2026-10-31. Relays Reuters interview with Fire Point CEO Iryna Terekh.
  11. [11] Ukrainska Pravda, “Zelenskyy says Ukraine will expand its long-range strike units”, https://www.pravda.com.ua/eng/news/2026/10/30/8060539/. Published: Oct 30, 2026, 12:56 PM ET. Retrieved: 2026-10-31. Relays President Zelensky.
  12. [12] Ukrainska Pravda, “UP: Kravchenko was stopped at border as flagged by anti-corruption agencies but let through after call from Kyiv”, https://www.pravda.com.ua/eng/news/2026/10/30/8060451/. Published: Oct 30, 2026, 7:55 AM ET. Retrieved: 2026-10-31. Ukrainska Pravda investigation citing unnamed law-enforcement sources.
  13. [13] The Kyiv Independent, “Lavrov denies Kyiv Independent reporting on Russian push for Putin-Zelensky phone call”, https://kyivindependent.com/lavrov-denies-kyiv-independent-reporting-on-russian-push-for-putin-zelensky-phone-call/. Published: Oct 31, 2026, 5:23 AM ET. Retrieved: 2026-10-31.
  14. [14] TASS, “Russia opposes ceasefire as ‘respite’ for Kiev, says Kremlin”, https://tass.com/politics/2211035. Published: Oct 30, 2026, 11:02 AM ET. Retrieved: 2026-10-31. Russian state media; relays Dmitry Peskov.
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  1. [15] TASS, “Russian air defenses intercept two drones heading for Moscow”, https://tass.com/emergencies/2211335. Published: Oct 31, 2026, 4:22 AM ET. Retrieved: 2026-10-31. Russian state media; relays Moscow Mayor Sergei Sobyanin; claim.
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  6. [20] Ukrainska Pravda, “Russian forces attack Sumy with drones, causing fires”, https://www.pravda.com.ua/eng/news/2026/10/31/8060581/. Published: Oct 30, 2026, 8:35 PM ET. Retrieved: 2026-10-31. Relays acting Sumy mayor Artem Kobzar.
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  11. [25] Ukrainska Pravda, “Ukrainian drone operators destroy Russian Mi-8 helicopter in Luhansk Oblast”, https://www.pravda.com.ua/eng/news/2026/10/30/8060558/. Published: Oct 30, 2026, 2:01 PM ET. Retrieved: 2026-10-31. Relays the 3rd Separate Assault Brigade and 3rd Army Corps.
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  17. [31] Ukrainska Pravda, “Russian forces attack Sumy with drones, causing fires”, https://www.pravda.com.ua/eng/news/2026/10/31/8060581/. Published: Oct 30, 2026, 8:35 PM ET. Retrieved: 2026-10-31. Relays acting Sumy mayor Artem Kobzar.
  18. [32] TASS, “Russian air defenses intercept two drones heading for Moscow”, https://tass.com/emergencies/2211335. Published: Oct 31, 2026, 4:22 AM ET. Retrieved: 2026-10-31. Russian state media; relays Moscow Mayor Sergei Sobyanin; claim.
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  20. [34] Ukrainska Pravda, “Ukrainian drone operators destroy Russian Mi-8 helicopter in Luhansk Oblast”, https://www.pravda.com.ua/eng/news/2026/10/30/8060558/. Published: Oct 30, 2026, 2:01 PM ET. Retrieved: 2026-10-31. Relays the 3rd Separate Assault Brigade and 3rd Army Corps.
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  22. [36] TASS, “Russian forces strike sea vessel delivering military cargo for Ukrainian army”, https://tass.com/defense/2211319. Published: Oct 31, 2026, 1:45 AM ET. Retrieved: 2026-10-31. Russian state media; relays Russia’s Defense Ministry; claim, not confirmed by Ukraine.
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