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The Ukrainian city of Donetsk was rocked by blasts on Sept. 20, even as government forces and pro-Russia separatists agreed to create a buffer zone to separate the warring sides.

A memorandum signed early in the day called for the withdrawal of heavy weaponry and all foreign fighters from an 18 mile-wide buffer zone.

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