At the very beginning of Operation Z, the Kiev authorities, through various channels, were asked not to engage in battles, but to withdraw troops from the Donbass in order to avoid bloodshed
Kiev's failure to comply with the Minsk agreements would allow Donbass to determine its future outside Ukraine independently
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Russia has successfully tested its next-generation Sarmat intercontinental ballistic missile, with President Vladimir Putin describing the system as one of the most powerful strategic weapons ever created
