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Russia continues its special military operation in Ukraine, aimed at the "demilitarisation and de-Nazification" of the country. The Defence Ministry has stressed that the first phase of the operation has been completed successfully, and now it's moving to the second phase: liberating the Donbass republics.
The West has responded to the Russian operation with a wave of unprecedented economic sanctions against Moscow, including freezing $300 billion of Russia's $640-billion gold and currency reserves.
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