{"id":5127,"date":"2025-04-15T00:02:04","date_gmt":"2025-04-15T00:02:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.euro-tv.ro\/news\/panic-screams-dead-everywhere-sumy-in-shock-after-double-tap-missile-attack-kills-35\/"},"modified":"2025-04-15T00:02:04","modified_gmt":"2025-04-15T00:02:04","slug":"panic-screams-dead-everywhere-sumy-in-shock-after-double-tap-missile-attack-kills-35","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.euro-tv.ro\/news\/panic-screams-dead-everywhere-sumy-in-shock-after-double-tap-missile-attack-kills-35\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Panic, screams, dead everywhere\u2019 \u2014 Sumy in shock after double-tap missile attack kills 35"},"content":{"rendered":"<div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.euro-tv.ro\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2025\/04\/GettyImages-2210148614.jpg\" alt=\"\u2018Panic, screams, dead everywhere\u2019 \u2014 Sumy in shock after double-tap missile attack kills 35\"><\/p>\n<p><strong>SUMY <\/strong>\u2014 Valeriia Maksimova and her husband woke up to the first explosion in central Sumy at around 10 a.m. Their house was damaged by the blast wave.<\/p>\n<p>The 38-year-old rushed to the kitchen to start clearing the rubble when the second explosion struck, throwing her three meters away into the corridor. Their apartment was all but destroyed.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cEverything happened so quickly,\u201d Maksimova told the Kyiv Independent the day after the attack.<\/p>\n<p>Maksimova, her husband, and their 19-year-old son were lucky to survive.<\/p>\n<p>Russia\u2019s<a href=\"https:\/\/kyivindependent.com\/everything-was-black-russias-palm-sunday-attack-on-sumy\/\"> morning double-tap missile strike<\/a> on the northeastern city of Sumy killed 35 civilians and wounded over 110 in what became the deadliest attack in many months. Two children were among the killed.<\/p>\n<p>Russia had deployed<a href=\"https:\/\/kyivindependent.com\/tag\/cluster-munitions\/\"> cluster munitions<\/a> in its second attack that occurred a few minutes after the first, inflicting deliberate casualties on civilians in downtown Sumy on Palm Sunday, local authorities told the Kyiv Independent.<\/p>\n<p>Outgoing U.S. Ambassador to Ukraine Bridget Brink <a href=\"https:\/\/kyivindependent.com\/ambassador-brink-reacts-to-russian-attack-on-sumy-says-cluster-munitions-were-used\/\">confirmed<\/a> Russia\u2019s deployment of the cluster munitions on April 13.<\/p>\n<p>Maksimova\u2019s husband, Volodymyr, remembers witnessing half a body outside, saying that \u201cit was impossible to watch.\u201d For him, it is a shock that the apartment where he had lived all his life \u2014 and where he raised his only son \u2014 was now without windows and covered in rubble.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"kg-card kg-image-card kg-card-hascaption\"><picture><source type=\"image\/webp\" srcset=\"https:\/\/assets.kyivindependent.com\/content\/images\/2025\/04\/5_00_00_01_16_Still001.webp\"><source type=\"image\/png\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.euro-tv.ro\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2025\/04\/5_00_00_01_16_Still001.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.euro-tv.ro\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2025\/04\/5_00_00_01_16_Still001.png\" class=\"kg-image\" alt=\"\u2018Panic, screams, dead everywhere\u2019 \u2014 Sumy in shock after double-tap missile attack kills 35\" loading=\"lazy\"><\/picture><figcaption>Valeriia Maksimova, 38, stands in front of her apartment building, where she had sustained an injury following Russia&#8217;s ballistic missile strike just outside, in the northeastern city of Sumy on April 14, 2025. (Nick Allard \/ The Kyiv Independent)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cWe could have never imagined that such things would happen,\u201d Volodymyr said, describing what he saw outside as \u201cpanic, screams, and hysteria.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe whole street was covered with corpses and wounded people,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<p>The deadly attack comes as the U.S. tries to end the three-year-long war in Ukraine at all costs, pushing for a rushed peace deal. Two days before the attack, U.S. Special Envoy <a href=\"https:\/\/kyivindependent.com\/tag\/steve-witkoff\/\">Steve Witkoff<\/a> met with Russian President <a href=\"https:\/\/kyivindependent.com\/tag\/vladimir-putin\/\">Vladimir Putin<\/a> in St. Petersburg to discuss \u201caspects of the Ukrainian settlement.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>U.S. President Donald <a href=\"https:\/\/kyivindependent.com\/tag\/donald-trump\/\">Trump<\/a>, who has long stood by his belief that Russia was serious about peace talks, <a href=\"https:\/\/kyivindependent.com\/russias-attack-on-sumy-terrible-military-aid-should-never-have-been-allowed-trump-says\/\">called<\/a> the Sumy attack \u201cterrible\u201d but added that Russia conducted it by \u201cmistake\u201d without elaborating further.<\/p>\n<p>The Sumy attack followed <a href=\"https:\/\/kyivindependent.com\/russian-attack-on-kryvyi-rih-kills-19-people-including-9-children-injures-68\/\">another deadly Russian missile strike<\/a> on the city of Kryvyi Rih in the central-eastern Dnipropetrovsk Oblast on April 4, which saw 20 people killed, including nine children.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"kg-card kg-image-card kg-width-wide kg-card-hascaption\"><picture><source type=\"image\/webp\" srcset=\"https:\/\/assets.kyivindependent.com\/content\/images\/2025\/04\/GettyImages-2210148493.webp\"><source type=\"image\/jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.euro-tv.ro\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2025\/04\/GettyImages-2210148493.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.euro-tv.ro\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2025\/04\/GettyImages-2210148493.jpg\" class=\"kg-image\" alt=\"\u2018Panic, screams, dead everywhere\u2019 \u2014 Sumy in shock after double-tap missile attack kills 35\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\"><\/picture><figcaption>Bodies of two people killed in a Russian ballistic missile strike lie covered with an emergency blanket at the attack site in the northeastern city of Sumy on April 13, 2025. (Yehor Kryvoruchko\/Kordon.Media\/Global Images Ukraine via Getty Images)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The weak American response to the attacks was contrasted by a frank one from Europe.<\/p>\n<p>European leaders <a href=\"https:\/\/kyivindependent.com\/european-leaders-respond-to-russias-palm-sunday-attack-on-sumy-that-left-dozens-dead\/\">condemned<\/a> the Russian attack on Sumy as \u201ca war crime,\u201d with U.K. Prime Minister Keir Starmer saying that he was \u201cappalled\u201d by Moscow\u2019s latest targeting of civilians.<\/p>\n<p>French President Emmanuel Macron <a href=\"https:\/\/kyivindependent.com\/tag\/emmanuel-macron\/\">called<\/a> for stronger measures to impose the ceasefire on Russia, echoing President Volodymyr Zelensky\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/kyivindependent.com\/zelensky-calls-for-tougher-western-response-as-russia-strikes-kyiv-with-missiles\/\">call<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>European countries have also mustard up billions of dollars in military support.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"kg-card kg-bookmark-card\"><a class=\"kg-bookmark-container\" href=\"https:\/\/kyivindependent.com\/these-civilians-were-killed-by-russia-since-ukraine-agreed-to-30-day-ceasefire-and-russia-didnt\/\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"kg-bookmark-content\">\n<div class=\"kg-bookmark-title\">These parents and children were killed by Russia after Kyiv agreed to 30-day ceasefire<\/div>\n<div class=\"kg-bookmark-description\">One month ago, Ukraine agreed to a full 30-day ceasefire in the U.S.-mediated talks in Jeddah, and Russia did not. Russia has soon intensified its attacks against Ukrainian civilian infrastructure. Russian attacks on Ukraine have killed over 160 civilians in March alone. According to the United Na\u2026<\/div>\n<div class=\"kg-bookmark-metadata\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"kg-bookmark-icon\" src=\"https:\/\/assets.kyivindependent.com\/content\/images\/size\/w256h256\/format\/png\/2023\/03\/K-new.svg\" alt=\"\u2018Panic, screams, dead everywhere\u2019 \u2014 Sumy in shock after double-tap missile attack kills 35\"><span class=\"kg-bookmark-author\">The Kyiv Independent<\/span><span class=\"kg-bookmark-publisher\">Daria Shulzhenko<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"kg-bookmark-thumbnail\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.euro-tv.ro\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2025\/04\/GettyImages-2208537948.jpg\" alt=\"\u2018Panic, screams, dead everywhere\u2019 \u2014 Sumy in shock after double-tap missile attack kills 35\"><\/div>\n<p><\/a><\/figure>\n<h2 id=\"distrustful-of-peace-talks\"><code>Distrustful of peace talks<\/code><\/h2>\n<p>From morning up until sundown, relatives and friends of the killed, as well as many locals who were devastated by the strike, dropped by the blast site to lay flowers and toys in tribute to the victims.<\/p>\n<p>Sumy residents who spoke to the Kyiv Independent harshly dismissed the feasibility of peace talks, saying that the attacks have only gotten worse in recent months compared to a year ago. Many said they now live in fear.<\/p>\n<p>They also expressed deep \u201chatred\u201d toward Russia for continuously launching such deadly attacks.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"kg-card kg-image-card kg-card-hascaption\"><picture><source type=\"image\/webp\" srcset=\"https:\/\/assets.kyivindependent.com\/content\/images\/2025\/04\/3_00_07_19_15_Still001.webp\"><source type=\"image\/png\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.euro-tv.ro\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2025\/04\/3_00_07_19_15_Still001.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.euro-tv.ro\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2025\/04\/3_00_07_19_15_Still001.png\" class=\"kg-image\" alt=\"\u2018Panic, screams, dead everywhere\u2019 \u2014 Sumy in shock after double-tap missile attack kills 35\" loading=\"lazy\"><\/picture><figcaption>Oleh Strilka, spokesperson for the State Emergency Service in Sumy Oblast, talks to the Kyiv Independent at the attack site in the northeastern city of Sumy on April 14, 2025. (Nick Allard \/ The Kyiv Independent)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The attacks in the northeastern areas have intensified following Ukraine\u2019s surprise cross-border incursion into Russia\u2019s adjacent <a href=\"https:\/\/kyivindependent.com\/tag\/kursk-incursion\/\">Kursk Oblast<\/a>, where Ukrainian troops held a nearby town of Sudzha for <a href=\"https:\/\/kyivindependent.com\/the-rise-and-fall-of-ukraines-kursk-gambit\/\">seven months<\/a> before they were forced to withdraw in March. Fighting still continues in the border areas.<\/p>\n<p>Emergency workers continued to dismantle the ruins of the Sumy State University building that was ruined by the Russian attack, carefully using a crane to ensure there were no victims inside. They told the Kyiv Independent that all casualties were pedestrians and civilians in their own vehicles or public transport, with no victims found under the rubble in any of the destruction or damaged sites.<\/p>\n<p>The emergency workers found the largest number of killed victims in the burnt bus, with the preliminary count being seven dead, according to Oleh Strilka, a 35-year-old spokesperson at the local State Emergency Service. There were elderly people and children in the bus, he added.<\/p>\n<p>Two emergency workers told the Kyiv Independent that the team had to break down the burnt-out vehicles to recover the corpses.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"kg-card kg-image-card kg-width-wide kg-card-hascaption\"><picture><source type=\"image\/webp\" srcset=\"https:\/\/assets.kyivindependent.com\/content\/images\/2025\/04\/GettyImages-2210148569.webp\"><source type=\"image\/jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.euro-tv.ro\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2025\/04\/GettyImages-2210148569.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.euro-tv.ro\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2025\/04\/GettyImages-2210148569.jpg\" class=\"kg-image\" alt=\"\u2018Panic, screams, dead everywhere\u2019 \u2014 Sumy in shock after double-tap missile attack kills 35\" loading=\"lazy\"><\/picture><figcaption>The body of a man killed in a Russian ballistic missile strike lies next to a wrecked bus in the northeastern city of Sumy on April 13, 2025. (Oleksandr Oleksienko\/Kordon.Media\/Global Images Ukraine via Getty Images)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cYou never see such things in terrible films, people being burnt alive,\u201d Strilka told the Kyiv Independent at the attack site, saying that he believes Russia is trying to \u201cdestroy us.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In one of the vehicles, one of the emergency workers said he saw two people who had been burned alive, and in another, there was a victim who had suffered from shrapnel wounds and died before the rescuers were able to pull the wounded out.<\/p>\n<p>Over 50 buildings were damaged in central Sumy, according to the State Emergency Service. The constant aerial threat veiled Sumy throughout the day on April 14, with the emergency workers having to rush to the shelter each time.<\/p>\n<p>The two missile attacks happened within less than five minutes of each other, giving enough people and rescuers time to run outside to help the wounded when the second one struck, according to the emergency service workers interviewed.<\/p>\n<p>Iryna Kulomza, who oversees a seafood shop owned by her son underneath Maksimova\u2019s apartment building, is now uncertain about her business prospects.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"kg-card kg-image-card kg-card-hascaption\"><picture><source type=\"image\/webp\" srcset=\"https:\/\/assets.kyivindependent.com\/content\/images\/2025\/04\/4_00_00_04_05_Still001.webp\"><source type=\"image\/png\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.euro-tv.ro\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2025\/04\/4_00_00_04_05_Still001.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.euro-tv.ro\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2025\/04\/4_00_00_04_05_Still001.png\" class=\"kg-image\" alt=\"\u2018Panic, screams, dead everywhere\u2019 \u2014 Sumy in shock after double-tap missile attack kills 35\" loading=\"lazy\"><\/picture><figcaption>Iryna Kulomza, who oversees a seafood shop owned by her son that was damaged by a Russian missile strike just outside, talks to the Kyiv Independent in the northeastern city of Sumy on April 14, 2025. (Nick Allard \/ The Kyiv Independent)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The director of the shop had received heavy injuries \u2014 and remains in the hospital awaiting surgery \u2014 after she had run outside to help the wounded following the first strike. Her other employees working that day were wounded as well.<\/p>\n<p>Kulomza said that her 25-year-old family business, Dary Morya, had been heavily affected by the war. Just a week ago, she said that the business\u2019s manufacturing site had been struck with <a href=\"https:\/\/kyivindependent.com\/tag\/iranian-drones\/\">Shahed-type attack drones<\/a>, burning nearly 500 tons of goods.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s hard to say something, we don\u2019t know (what our future holds),\u201d Kulomza said, who expressed uncertainty over heading to the basement shelter each time there is an aerial threat or putting the employees at risk.<\/p>\n<p>As Kulomza was speaking, the employees were busy cleaning the damaged shop.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"kg-card kg-bookmark-card\"><a class=\"kg-bookmark-container\" href=\"https:\/\/kyivindependent.com\/all-presidents-men-inside-the-closed-world-of-putins-key-advisors\/\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"kg-bookmark-content\">\n<div class=\"kg-bookmark-title\">All the president\u2019s men: Inside the closed world of Putin\u2019s key advisors<\/div>\n<div class=\"kg-bookmark-description\">In Russian politics, all eyes are focused on one man: Russian President Vladimir Putin. But as ceasefire talks continue, the world\u2019s attention has also been drawn to those sent forward to do the Kremlin\u2019s bidding \u2014 whether at the negotiating table in Saudi Arabia or in the backrooms of Washington D.<\/div>\n<div class=\"kg-bookmark-metadata\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"kg-bookmark-icon\" src=\"https:\/\/assets.kyivindependent.com\/content\/images\/size\/w256h256\/format\/png\/2023\/03\/K-new.svg\" alt=\"\u2018Panic, screams, dead everywhere\u2019 \u2014 Sumy in shock after double-tap missile attack kills 35\"><span class=\"kg-bookmark-author\">The Kyiv Independent<\/span><span class=\"kg-bookmark-publisher\">Katie Marie Davies<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"kg-bookmark-thumbnail\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.euro-tv.ro\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2025\/04\/GettyImages-1251592140-1.jpg\" alt=\"\u2018Panic, screams, dead everywhere\u2019 \u2014 Sumy in shock after double-tap missile attack kills 35\"><\/div>\n<p><\/a><\/figure>\n<p>The feeling of uncertainty and devastation was spread across the entire city, home to some 250,000 people before the full-scale war, the day after the missile attack.<\/p>\n<p>Three elderly women sat on a bench outside in the courtyard behind their apartment building, facing the intersection and the demolished university building on April 14. One of them, Liudmyla Shelyhina, said they sat in different spots to distract themselves from what was happening.<\/p>\n<p>Shaken from what happened the day prior, the 70-year-old, who walks with a cane, had hit her head hard due to the blast wave and had suffered a concussion. She said that something had fallen on her legs as well.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"kg-card kg-image-card kg-width-wide kg-card-hascaption\"><picture><source type=\"image\/webp\" srcset=\"https:\/\/assets.kyivindependent.com\/content\/images\/2025\/04\/GettyImages-2209699309.webp\"><source type=\"image\/jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.euro-tv.ro\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2025\/04\/GettyImages-2209699309.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.euro-tv.ro\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2025\/04\/GettyImages-2209699309.jpg\" class=\"kg-image\" alt=\"\u2018Panic, screams, dead everywhere\u2019 \u2014 Sumy in shock after double-tap missile attack kills 35\" loading=\"lazy\"><\/picture><figcaption>People lay flowers as they visit a makeshift memorial at the site of a missile attack in the northeastern city of Sumy on April 14, 2025. (Roman Pilipey\/AFP via Getty Images)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"kg-card kg-image-card kg-width-wide kg-card-hascaption\"><picture><source type=\"image\/webp\" srcset=\"https:\/\/assets.kyivindependent.com\/content\/images\/2025\/04\/GettyImages-2209683121.webp\"><source type=\"image\/jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.euro-tv.ro\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2025\/04\/GettyImages-2209683121.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.euro-tv.ro\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2025\/04\/GettyImages-2209683121.jpg\" class=\"kg-image\" alt=\"\u2018Panic, screams, dead everywhere\u2019 \u2014 Sumy in shock after double-tap missile attack kills 35\" loading=\"lazy\"><\/picture><figcaption>A woman reacts as she visits a makeshift memorial at the site of a missile attack in the northeastern city of Sumy on April 14, 2025. (Roman Pilipey\/AFP via Getty Images)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>She is worried whether her pension of 4,000 hryvnia (about $100) would be enough to support the damage left behind from the attack in her apartment. But she said she has her husband\u2019s support.<\/p>\n<p>While Shelyhina said that even though she had warm memories of Sumy and the recollection from her younger years in the neighborhood, \u201cnow there are no good memories\u201d that she remembers because of the series of devastating attacks and war horrors.<\/p>\n<p>Dismissing prospects of the U.S. trying to pull through <a href=\"https:\/\/kyivindependent.com\/tag\/peace-negotiations\/\">peace negotiations<\/a> with Russia, Shelyhina said that she is scared, not for herself but for those who haven\u2019t lived their lives yet.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou can only negotiate with a person who will give you his words and keep them,\u201d Shelyhina told the Kyiv Independent.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf a person gives you his words and then tries to deceive you, what kind of negotiations (can we have)?\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"kg-card kg-bookmark-card\"><a class=\"kg-bookmark-container\" href=\"https:\/\/kyivindependent.com\/everything-we-heard-from-russians-was-a-lie-chinese-fighters-captured-by-ukraine-speak-out\/\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"kg-bookmark-content\">\n<div class=\"kg-bookmark-title\">\u2018Everything we heard from Russians was a lie\u2019 \u2014 Chinese fighters captured by Ukraine speak out<\/div>\n<div class=\"kg-bookmark-description\">The two Chinese nationals captured when fighting for Russia claimed they weren\u2019t sent to the war by the Chinese government, and described their hardships in the Russian ranks. One of the captives, Wang Guangjun, said he was targeted by Russian \u201cchemical weapons\u201d right after he was taken captive by<\/div>\n<div class=\"kg-bookmark-metadata\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"kg-bookmark-icon\" src=\"https:\/\/assets.kyivindependent.com\/content\/images\/size\/w256h256\/format\/png\/2023\/03\/K-new.svg\" alt=\"\u2018Panic, screams, dead everywhere\u2019 \u2014 Sumy in shock after double-tap missile attack kills 35\"><span class=\"kg-bookmark-author\">The Kyiv Independent<\/span><span class=\"kg-bookmark-publisher\">Kateryna Denisova<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"kg-bookmark-thumbnail\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.euro-tv.ro\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2025\/04\/2025-04-14-230911-1.png\" alt=\"\u2018Panic, screams, dead everywhere\u2019 \u2014 Sumy in shock after double-tap missile attack kills 35\"><\/div>\n<p><\/a><\/figure>\n<hr>\n<h2 id=\"note-from-the-author\">Note from the author:<\/h2>\n<p><em>This is Asami from the Kyiv Independent. Thank you for reading the story.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Telling human stories is the most difficult part of my work, at least for me. Russia&#8217;s deadly attacks against Ukraine rage on, killing many civilians who had already suffered so much from the war. My colleagues and I are working around the clock to bring you the latest updates. <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Please consider <a href=\"https:\/\/kyivindependent.com\/membership\/\"><strong><strong>joining the Kyiv Independent community<\/strong><\/strong><\/a>. Your support helps sustain our work.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Thank you.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p> &#8211; https:\/\/kyivindependent.com\/tag\/ukraine\/rss\/<\/p>\n<p>This article appeared on the websitekyivindependent.com<br \/>\nThis article is taken based on Law no. 8\/1996 of Romania. News does not enjoy copyright, so they can be taken, this is our right to take news and information in its entirety and distribute them further. 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