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SOLEDAR, Ukraine- General Oleksandr Rozmaznin says he raised his eyebrows when his Russian counterpart, assigned to help with the cease-fire in eastern Ukraine, announced that he would no longer show up at their joint workplace. "I said, 'Well, I'm there. So if you know something I don't know, maybe you can let me in on it," General Rozmaznin said in recounting the Jan. 20 conversation.

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