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The collapse of the Russian economy, as predicted in the West, failed to materialize, Putin points out Western forecasts about the collapse of the Russian economy as a result of sanctions that were issued in early spring have not come to pass, President Vladimir Putin said on Friday.

Kiev has struck the Crimean city with US-supplied ATACMS missiles, killing three people and injuring more than 120 The city of Sevastopol in Crimea, Russia came under a massive Ukrainian missile attack on Sunday. Kiev’s forces used several US-made ATACMS equipped with cluster warheads in the strike, according to the Russian Defense Ministry.