he was also armed with a firearm when he was taken into custody. we are sure we stopped another killing. >> reporter: now, police say this killer would strike in quiet areas with few lights and few security cameras. among his victims, reportedly a number of homeless people. the suspect, brownlee, will be arraigned tuesday afternoon. we should hear about some charges and maybe a little bit more about motive. wolf? >> nick watt, thank you very much. i'm wolf blitzer in "the situation room." to our viewers, thanks very much for watching. "erin burnett outfront" starts right now. "outfront" next, a deadly drone blitz. russia terrorizing ukraine's capital with a series of strikes with kamikaze drones as the u.s. director of national

intelligence has stark words for what's left of putin's arsenal. plus, the two americans captured in ukraine held for 105 days. we follow their story. and tonight they will tell you what they endured. and a dead heat for arizona governor, a face-off in ohio's senate race tonight. and the republican in georgia still hanging on despite the ugly allegations. john king is here. he says this is the most unpredictable election he's covered in his lifetime. let's go out front. good evening, i'm erin burnett. out front tonight, unsustainable. that is the stark analysis tonight from america's director of national intelligence avril haines. she says russia is now firing off its precision weapons at an unsustainable rate. its conventional arsenal, terribly depleted. ukraine's defense ministry posted a video that i'm showing here which appears to show russia pulling 70-year-old antiaircraft guns from its warehouses. 70-year-old weapons going to the field. that is the depletion of the

conventional russian arsenal. and today russia blowing through more of its drones terrorizing the capital of ukraine with the wave of kamikaze strikes. you can hear the buzzing sound of the drones before it plummets to the ground. ukraine says that out of the 43 drones that russia launched just today, they were able to take out 37. but the six that struck kyiv were destructive and deadly. they locked onto a target, and then in the blink of an eye, the drones like falcons dived to the ground. you can see it there with deadly intent. this is what the drop looks like. just watch that drone coming in and suddenly diving from the sky. the aftermath, chaos, debris, the cries of people injured and trapped, human bodies. at least four people were killed this morning, all of them innocent civilians just beginning their day. among them, a 6-month pregnant woman and her husband.

the onslaught of strikes coming just after putin had said there would be no more. hours later look what he does. and tonight the situation is escalating. nato is now pushing ahead with nuclear exercises, drills not far from russia's border, taking place at the same time that russia is expected to conduct its own nuclear exercises. our fred pleitgen is out front live in dnipro, ukraine. the drones have obviously always been a part of this war. at one point they were key to the ukrainian success. but now it is russia that is using them to devastating effect and tools of terror. >> reporter: yeah, absolutely. it's a massive expansion of the use of drones by the russians. they were used here in dnipro to hit a power plant and other areas as well. you were mentioning those attacks on the ukrainian capital, a power plant and that civilian building that was hit. the big thing right now is the russians are using these drones in swarms to try and overwhelm ukrainian air defenses. here's what we're learning.

it was at the crack of dawn when the terror began. air defenses in kyiv firing into the sky. leading to chaos in the capital's streets. police officers even taking aim at the kamikaze drones sent by moscow, in this case, successfully taking one down. but the drones kept crashing into the city. this person here, the soldier says. do you have any water, the woman on the ground answers, my head is buzzing. in total, ukraine says its forces managed to shoot down 36 of 42 kamikaze drones and three cruise missiles launched at the entire country. but the projectiles that did hit their target caused devastation. several energy installations were damaged as was this residential building in kyiv, killing four people. >> translator: we were in the room when the blast started.

we then went out and saw the staircase was all gone to the ground floor. >> reporter: ukraine says the drones moscow uses are supplied by iran, which tehran, once again, denied. ukraine's president venting his anger at russia. >> translator: all day long, we have been clearing the rubble at those places which the russian terrorists managed to hit today. vladimir putin can record another achievement. he killed another pregnant woman. >> reporter: all this as russia continues to face problems with its own mobilization effort, 11 killed by two gunmen in the belgorad region this weekend, russia acknowledges. >> translator: families of the mobilized residents can go to the local support center and get a one-off packet of fresh vegetables. this includes cabbage, potatoes, carrots, beetroot, and onions.

>> reporter: and moscow is not only facing problems motivating recruits. a russian su-34 military jet crashed into a nine-story residential building in the south of the country tonight, sending emergency crews scrambling to the scene. and also tonight, the authorities in russia are saying that four people were killed on the ground when the jet crashed into that building. 17 apartments were either damaged or destroyed. and the ukrainians once again calling on their international backers for better air defense systems, saying they need something to come to terms with those swarms of drones attacking their country. >> thank you very much, fred. i want to go now to a member of ukraine's parliament who has fought on the front lines and retired army lieutenant general mark hertling. it is good to see you, although remotely tonight. president zelenskyy has warned that ukraine only has 10% of the air defenses that it needs to combat putin's attacks right

now. are you worried that putin is maybe trying to tie up your defenses with these mass drone attacks only to then hit ukraine with something bigger? >> putin has declared the first day of the war that he has destroyed our defense systems. the reality is that we can see he is far from that. but we are the largest nation in europe to cover all the territory of ukraine which he is trying to hit day in and day out. we are very thankful of the american people for the support that we are getting in terms of battling him. >> general hertling, "the washington post" reports tonight that iran is not just going to send drones, but also preparing to give russia ballistic missiles. we understand two types, "the washington post" is reporting. one that could go up to 185 miles. the other up to 435 miles.

those are big ranges. and the context is that russia has lost nearly 90% of its eskander missiles. a stockpile that's almost completely gone, replenished. the question is how significant are the iranians are? >> we've seen iranian missiles fired by hezbollah and hamas. the israelis have countered those missiles with some of their air defense systems. but what it points to, and i'll just re-emphasize this. it points to mr. putin's army is hollow right now. they didn't come into this hollow. but they're hollow now, both from equipment and increasingly from a personnel standpoint. so much so that they have to go to other nations, iran for the 136 drones that we were talking about earlier, and now missiles to replace a system that has

just been depleted. the thing that's critically important is the majority of missiles, rockets more than likely that, russia will get from iran, will be unguided. they will continue to be terror weapons, like mr. putin has already used against the ukrainian citizens. and they just show more war crimes being conducted by mr. putin using other nations now as his proxies. >> belarus' defense ministry says that 9,000 russian soldiers are going to arrive in belarus as part of a new joint russian and belarusian force. they're going to have 200 tanks. russians are already arriving. we know that drones used in recent attacks, according to ukrainian officials have, been launched from belarus. that was towards the beginning of the war. but it feels that something is changing here. it could be possibly ramping up. what do you think is going on? >> it could be a ruse for us to basically bring our forces back from the front lines. the reality is we are expecting

everything. belarus, the war started from their territory, started from belarus at the end of february. so we can expect anything from them. throughout the war we have received drone attacks from the territory of belarus. so basically everything's on the table. >> general, obviously the context of what we're seeing here and the depletion of the conventional arsenal raises questions about putin's plans with his nuclear arsenal. and you have nuclear exercises going on right now in this incredibly tense moment. nato going ahead with their nuclear tests. moscow also expected to conduct nuclear exercises by the end of this month. are you worried about this? is there concern that doing this right now could risk an escalation? >> i am not concerned at all about this. in fact, this is the best time, i think, to conduct these exercises. it shows that we have a readiness state that's very

high, that we're attempting to deter with our readiness in terms of what mr. putin might do. and, truthfully, these exercises are planned months if not years in advance in terms of their dates. so, it is -- we are executing right now an exercise that has been planned for a very long time. and it is more important now than at any other time to conduct that exercise because it shows mr. putin, we are prepared to use them. and he should not use his. it's a deterrent method. >> general hertling, thank you. i appreciate your joining us solely from kyiv. thank you. next, the republican candidate for arizona governor says she'll accept the results of the election if she wins. while the democrat tonight is refusing to say whether she even wants biden to campaign with her. our john king is here with me. plus, they were in captivity for 105 days. two americans who went to ukraine to fight. they are now back home, and they are telling their story

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tonight, the democratic candidate for governor of arizona, secretary of state katie hobbs, dodging the question when asked if she wants president biden to visit her

state. it comes as her republican opponent carey larks who's made 2020 election denial a centerpiece of her campaign tells our dana bash she will accept the election results only if she wins. >> will you accept the results of your election in november? >> i'm going to win the election, and i will accept that result. >> if you lose, will you accept that? >> i'm going to win the election and i will accept that result. >> the two are in the final stretch of a neck-and-neck race, but one major factor in lake's favor is that her supporters really want to vote for her. kyung lah is out front. >> reporter: a typical campaign stop for carey lake, republican nominee for arizona governor. >> nobody called the fire department because i think we might be breaking a few codes. >> reporter: the former tv anchor headlines raucous events. [ crowd chanting ] >> reporter: for a base sparked

by spectacle. democratic nominee katie hobbs strikes a more subdued and conventional path, hosting grassroots gatherings, emphasizing issues such as defending democracy. >> democracy is on the line. thanks so much for having me today. >> reporter: a sharp contrast in styles, serious against sensational. >> from the very first day she got in the race, carey lake had a movement. so i personally in a gubernatorial race in arizona, i've never seen anything like this before. >> reporter: republican christine jones would know. she ran for arizona governor eight years ago but lost in the primary. she backs carey lake. >> she calls herself trump in a dress. do you kind of get that? >> you do because i think she's not afraid to punch back. she has the it factor that some entertainers have. she has been able to deliver those punches with impunity. >> reporter: those punches include repeated lies about the 2020 election. >> we have this illegitimate

president biden. we will no longer accept rigged elections. who's with me on that? >> reporter: and following the trump playbook, mocking her opponent. >> people are onto the fact that she's a coward. and if she can't stand up and debate me, then she can't stand up against the cartels. >> i'm not interested in being a part of carey lake's spectacle or shouting match. and i'm going to keep taking to the voters. >> reporter: sending protesters to hobs' events dressed as chickens. >> you see the chickens that are outside. she's tapped into an energy base within the republican party. are you able to tap into that same base among democrats? >> she's certainly secured a base. those folks are probably not going to be convinced by what we're talking about. but we need to win the rest of them and that's what we're focused on. >> reporter: but even democrats say in a race that's too close to call -- >> i wish she would debate, but

if we elect kari lake, we are all screwed, screwed. >> reporter: that sentiment about a lake victory is not just among democrats. >> i'm a lifelong republican. >> reporter: john graham helps lead republicans and independents for katie hobbs. he's fundraising against his own party, concerned about lake's lies about the 2020 election and what her win could mean for 2024. >> i think that's especially in the environment we're in right now, that's mission critical to the future of our country. >> reporter: what he's less worried about? >> i do get extremism from trump's people that are wanting to go to rallies and things like that. but i think that the reality is while it's a lot of people in one spot, i think it's very few people compared to the population. >> reporter: a reminder that the polls do show that this race is too close to call. but on the ground, at least, it does appear that there is a bigger draw for what lake is

offering. and, erin, i will add this. here's a national view of kari lake. the architect of barack obama's 2008 presidential win describes her as, quote, a plausible presidential candidate. erin? >> thank you very much. i'm joined now by john king at the magic wall. interesting a plausible candidate, as she was called. right now dead heat, maricopa county where kyung spent so much time last time is going to be crucial here. is that where this race is won or lost? >> do the suburban moderate voters who let joe biden win, do they view kari lake as trump? or do they know her as the woman who they let into their living rooms and kitchens for ten years?

let's go back in time and go back first to 2016 in. 2016, donald trump won arizona. why? he won maricopa county. look at the map. democrat hillary clinton here won four counties. donald trump performed well enough in the suburbs to win arizona by a narrow margin, but he won it 91,000 votes. doug ducey is the incumbent republican governor. the same four counties. doug ducey wins because he wins in maricopa county, phoenix and the fast-growing suburbs. this is the fastest growing part of the state. doug ducey wins it, he handily wins re-election because he won there. the same four counties. 2020, joe biden is president, in part, because he won arizona. he won the state by 10,000 votes. what changed? one, two, three, four, five. nearly 62% of the population lives right here in maricopa county. this is where the people are. joe biden wins this county by

45,000 votes. he wins the state by 10,000 votes. it was all right there. do suburban voters stick with kari lake? do they go back to being republican? or are they shifting toward the democrats? >> you make the case, but when you look at the margin, that means there are other places, rural places that could be significant. >> yes. and so that's the challenge for kari lake is to keep your trump base and then win back enough people in the suburbs to keep the trump base, look at the trump margins. 78,000 votes. this is how donald trump won in other places and how he keeps other states close. run it up in rural areas. huge margins like that. so around the outskirts of the state, can kari lake turn out the trump base like trump did? and then the battle will be won and to a lesser degree but also important the suburbs of tucson. >> how important is this lack of a debate?

katie hobbs' refusal to debate. kari lake has made this a big centerpiece of her campaign. and we just heard people saying supporters of hobs, well, i wish she would debate. >> there is a huge debate mostly consternation among strategists that you need to confront kari lake. biden won, trump did not win. that's what the strategists think. however, a lot of strategists thought after losing iowa, new hampshire and nevada, he is president of the united states so we will know three days from now when we're done counting votes. most democrats especially when washington where i work think she should debate. we'll find out. >> all right, john king is going to be back with me later in the hour to talk about georgia's high-stakes senate race, and republican herschel walker admits he did send a check to the woman accusing him of having

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tonight, 105 days in captivity. that was the brutal experience of two americans captured by russian-backed forces in ukraine, released in a prisoner swap last month. you see them here. we followed their story since they were captured. and now weeks after returning home they are speaking out. "outfront" now, alex drueke and andy huynh. and it really is wonderful to be able to see both of you in person. we've been looking at pictures your families had provided over those months that you were gone. and they didn't know if you would come home. so, alex, who captured you initially? >> it was russian soldiers that initially captured us. they kept us in their outpost for about 24 hours they kept us overnight. and then we were set into russia. we were welcomed by a very large young man who punched us as hard

as he could in the gut and said "welcome to russia." then we were there for about a week, and we went through some very intensive interrogation. a lot of different torture techniques just trying to draw any information out of us that they could. and then after that week, they sent us to the black site for about a month where it was just more and more intensive interrogation and torture. >> andy, we saw a picture after you were captured. it was really the only picture we saw of either of you for a long time. it was the two of you in the back of a truck with your hands bound. it's a hard picture to look at. what was happening when that photo was taken? >> i do remember when the photo was taken. we knew that we were going somewhere. we were pretty sure it actually was russia because they did say

we were going to russia. we were less than, what, 10 kilometers? less than 10 kilometers from the border itself. i believe when that picture was tooken, we were, i would say, about five, ten minutes out from crossing into russia. there was, what four troops? like approximately four russian soldiers that were there just, i would assume, taking the pictures more for trophies, is kind of my guess. >> to sort of brag that they had taken you. alex, you referenced the physical and psychological torture. we've seen some of the pictures. i know those are your wrists we see here. you've got marks, i believe, still on your wrists. what did they do to you? >> a lot of stuff. i mean, there were a lot of

beatings. there was a lot of physical torture. but i think some of the worst stuff, there was a lot of psychological torture. we were both in forms of solitary confinement for long periods of time. they would put us in a lot of stress positions like forced to stay upstanding overnight for 18 hours on our feet when we're dehydrated and they'd put you in positions where parts of your body go incredibly painful numb. a lot of stuff. >> andy, what was the worst moment for you? >> unfortunately, when it comes to torture, it wasn't just physical. it was mental, it was emotional. the physical, yes, was bad at the time. but at least alex and i knew it would end. probably one of the worst was actually the mental stuff, the psychological stuff, when we weren't physically being tortured, hit, abused, whatever you want to call it. we were struggling with just boredom, just severe boredom.

>> trying to find ways to keep your mind active so it didn't feel like it was turning into mush. we use the word mush a lot. >> while you were there, you talk about being forced to call home. and in that sense it was, you know, you would have these conversations. we would play some clips of the audio because your mom would come on to talk about you to make sure people knew you were there, and she would share some clips. i just wanted to share one brief clip that we aired in july. >> y'all just keep doing everything you can. >> they're very concerned and they want whoever is holding y'all to let andy call home or call the state department or both. >> okay. >> i ask when i can. >> so you were saying those things. you were being tortured even as you were saying them.

your captors were controlling your calls. i understand you had to do propaganda videos that they could show to russians. what was that like? and what did they make you say? you're calling your mom and you're saying those things, and yet you're enduring torture. >> i mean, obviously in a lot of ways it was great to hear my mom's voice. it was great to hear a friendly voice. that was one of the biggest issues that we had. they picked me as the spokesperson for the two of us to make these calls to be forced to make these calls. and i knew andy didn't want to have to be doing the forced calls. but he would have loved to hear his family's voice. and they wouldn't do it because those calls were not for us at all. the calls were 100% for them so they could find information or put words in our mouth to try and make us say things.

they were 100% for them. >> what did the captors tell you? did you have any conversations? i know there was a translator you were dealing with. any conversation about who they were or why they were doing this, why you were being held? i mean, this is more than a hundred days you were with them. >> yeah. more or less it was actually what alex had been saying. one instance i can remember is we knew they were russian and they insisted on us to introduce them as dpr. it was obvious that they were quite russian, wearing russian uniforms, wearing russian patches, flags and stuff like that. they were clearly russians. but they insisted for us to say that it was specifically dpr so they can, i guess -- >> have a scapegoat to where they can't be blamed. >> and, alex, there were also

russian intelligence forces there trying to interrogate you? >> yeah. they were involved in the interrogation process for sure. most of them would speak decent english, but they went through the translator andy was mentioning because his english was really good. but they were always present, yeah. >> andy, i know when you were finally coming out of russian-controlled prison, which is where you went, first you were in russia, then you were on a black site, then you were in prison. when you left prison you were on your way to saudi arabia. were you even aware of that? i know that you've talked about praying for death when you were leaving that prison. what happened? >> for me personally that was probably one of the hardest days honestly surprisingly is being freed, not necessarily getting free but the process of being freed. >> we didn't know that we were getting freed. we just knew we were being tortured. >> i just remember it being prolonged suffering pain.

me personally i just remember wanting to die actually. i wanted it to end. >> and now you're home, and the two of you are together right now, obviously talking to me. and you are tied together for the rest of your lives. you're trying to return to your lives. andy, i talked to joy, your fiancé, many times. she came on and talked about for her hopes for you coming home. what are you doing to cope now to try to return to what was your life? >> uh, slowly but surely it is getting there. i'm definitely struggling i'm not saying i'm not i'm not going to put on some fake facade that i'm strong and mighty and that i can handle everything. but it definitely messed me up, to put it lightly. i'm talking to joy a lot, again, about things that happened i'm not going really in depth into what's happening, but she

understands. i talk to alex a lot actually too. he's really one of the only few people in america that kind of understands what i'm going through. >> alex, what about you? how are you doing? >> i'm like andy in a lot of ways, just kind of taking things one day at a time right now. but i've got a lot of good support from my friends and family. andy and i talk multiple times a day. and i just want to make sure that both of us do something good with this. it's important to us that people know that we're home now and we're so thankful for all the things that so many people did to get us home. but the war is not over yet. and ukraine still needs support. they still need help. and we're going to do whatever we can to make sure that they aren't forgotten. >> well, thank goodness you have each other. i know you're so grateful for that, the only gift in all of this. thank you both so much.

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hitler. then you kissed his ass. >> that just happened. so that just literally happened, eat you up like a chew toy. you called trump hitler and now you're kissing his ass. this is a vitriolic debate. >> this is a race where the democrats say we're competitive in a place maybe we didn't think we would be. trump won ohio twice. you have a popular republican governor who let's see what happens on election day, but mike dewine is running healthily ahead in all of the polls. j.d. vance is one of the newcomers, trump-endorsed candidate who are having some issues as a candidate. and tim ryan is running a very smart campaign. can he get to the finish line? most democrats are skeptical. but you do see some money going in there late at the end. what he's trying to say there, you heard what he said about kissing trump's ass, i'll repeat

it because he said it. if he's making a democrat/republican argument, ohio is a red state so he's trying to say this guy doesn't understand -- >> and he's clearly talking about taking over democratic leadership. in georgia herschel walker now admits he wrote the $700 check to the woman who said it was for an abortion. the list of allegations gets longer and longer. but the real question is do voters care what is going to happen in georgia. >> we talked earlier about arizona. georgia is one of those states again. joe biden won it for the first time, you have to go back to jimmy carter. is georgia becoming a purple leaning blue state? will they send hershchel to washington. the democrats have the majority because warnock and ossoff, a black preacher and a jewish man won senate seats in georgia after 2020 after the election.

that was remarkable. can senator warnock beat him? the polls have trended his way. the election's three weeks from tomorrow. can any candidate get 50 plus one? otherwise we do it again december 6th in a runoff. >> so many people say john king, in your election analysis, and they look to you for guidance of what you're saying. and what i found so interesting in a conversation earlier for you is that you said this midterm election, what we're about to see in two weeks and a day -- three weeks and a day is more complicated than anything you've seen in your lifetime. why is that? >> because the rules are being rewritten or you might say the rules have been thrown out. it's not just donald trump but in the recent trump age. i've been through very complicated presidential elections. 2016 with donald trump and again in 2020 with donald trump. but from a midterm election standpoint, i cannot remember one where we were this close to the election and we were not certain of a trend. they do start to see with the

inflation, the economy concerns rising up, some of the abortion concerns after the supreme court, the dobbs decision late june. democrats had momentum in july and august. that seems to have going to way. there's a lot of talk among democrats now that maybe gravity, traditional midterm, first-term gravity is taking hold. but we've had so many swings. what's to say we won't have another one in three weeks? these candidates understand in these close races you get few opportunities in the end. it's just unpredictable. every day you see a data point and the next day you see a data point that helps the democrats. volatility, that is the word of our age. next, a cnn exclusive. you're going to hear from a teenager in iran who has risked it all to protest. you're going to hear how she knows people are being killed including a man who honked his horn in support of protesters.

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tonight, the death toll rising in iran. and now in an incredibly brave

move, some of the women risking their lives in protests. some of the images you are about to see are graphic and disturbing. in a remote area in northern iraq's kurdish region, an all-female fighting unit belonging to the iranian opposition party, they continue to train. [ speaking non-english ] >> reporter: these women have been pulled back from the frontline. for the last three weeks, the area they patrolled in the northeast of iraq has been hit by shells sent from across the border by iran. this unit is part of a larger fighting force. for every single one of these women, this war is personal. this woman crossed the border from iran with the help of smugglers, just over a week ago. the city that she calls home is

in iran's kurdish majority western region. according to its residents, protests have erupted here. and across iran after the death of a 22-year-old kurdish-iranian. just a teenager, she joined these protests. >> translator: we were treating casualties. we were also like most people participating in the revolution. in the uprising. everyone who suffered from the oppression of the iranian regime came down to the streets and market and defied the government. i was also participating, and i had no fear of death. >> reporter: she says that while she was dragged by her uncovered hair, she passed prone, lifeless bodies. even after she left, she said she's continued to receive information about people she knows who have died. like this man, a newly married

27-year-old. murdered by iranian regime forces for sounding his horn in solidarity with protestors. >> what is happening with your family? >> translator: by family told them no matter how many members of my family they arrest, and for as long as they oppress my people, i will not surrender to the invading iranian government. we are ready to die. >> reporter: when the kurdish-iranian woman died in police custody, her name became a symbol of the oppression of women across iran. her name is a name iranians barred her family and many other ethnic minority groups from using. in her last recorded moments, zhina resorted to begging her captors in her kurdish mother tongue, reinforcing the fears of

iran's kurdish minority. iran's protests is stretching far beyond. over the last few weeks, iranian missiles have fallen into the kurdish region of iraq almost every day. the onslaught is relentless. this map shows where iranian strikes have hit, killing at least 18 and injuring at least 63 to date. this video filmed by a local television channel shows the moment just after an iranian drone and several missiles struck one of the kurdish-iranian bases, killing eight soldiers. on a day which 70 missiles rained down in the space of just four hours. this base, only two years ago, was on the frontline in the

fight against isis after they received u.s. training. it isn't far from u.s. central command. just one day after the attack on the pac base, centcom shot down another iranian drone, which appeared, they say, as a threat to forces stationed in the area. as the u.s. anti-isis presence in iraq is set to continue, so is the threat iran poses. these female fighters have vowed to fight until there is a regime change in iran. they say they share zhina's pain. called by a name forced on her by an oppressive regime, all of them have a kurdish name just like her, not spoken outside of their homes. all of them say it's hard to imagine going back to how life was before. cnn, iraqi kurdistan. "outfront" next, a mega

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