A planned missile test over the Black Sea spurs a Kremlin threat to shoot down the missiles and possibly target the launch sites.
An eleventh-hour compromise is reached, defusing an act of brinkmanship, which could have sparked an all-out war.
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Soviet made tactical ballistic missile complexes Tochka (Point) roll during a military parade in Kyiv on August 24, 2016 to celebrate Independence Day, 25 years since Ukraine gained independence from the Soviet Union.
