"The Kyiv Post, one of Ukraine's leading English-language news outlets, covered the story, but no public record of its homepage exists in the Internet Archive's Wayback Machine for that day. A homepage snapshot - a viewable version of a page captured by the Wayback Machine's crawlers - does not appear until September 8, more than 24 hours after the attack."
"In the first five months of 2025, the Wayback Machine captured snapshots of the Kyiv Post an average of 85 times per day. Between May 17 and October 1, though, the daily average dropped to one. For 52 days between May and October, the Wayback Machine shows no snapshots of the Kyiv Post at all. News outlets' homepages are vital historical records, providing a real-time view into what a newsroom deems the most important stories of the moment."
On September 7, a massive Russian drone attack on Kyiv killed four people and injured 40, and represented the largest aerial attack since 2022. The Kyiv Post reported the event, but the Internet Archive's Wayback Machine shows no homepage snapshot for that day, with the first capture appearing on September 8. In early 2025 the Wayback Machine averaged 85 daily captures of the Kyiv Post; between May 17 and October 1 the daily average fell to one, and 52 days had no snapshots. Homepages function as vital historical records reflecting headlines, placement, and editorial priorities; gaps erase evidence of those choices.
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