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Ten-year-old Sasha stands in a bomb shelter in Donetsk in eastern Ukraine.
Ten-year-old Sasha stands in a bomb shelter in Donetsk in eastern Ukraine.

Live Blog: Ukraine In Crisis (Archive)

Follow all of the latest developments as they happen.

Final News Summary For September 29

-- We have started a new Ukraine Live Blog. Find it here.

-- Ukraine is marking 75 years since the World War II massacre of 33,771 Jews on the outskirts of Nazi-occupied Kyiv.

-- German Chancellor Angela Merkel has urged Russian President Vladimir Putin to stabilize a fragile cease-fire in Ukraine and do all he could to improve what Merkel called a "catastrophic humanitarian situation" in Syria.

-- Russia's Supreme Court has upheld a decision by a Moscow-backed Crimean court to ban the Mejlis, the self-governing body of Crimean Tatars in the occupied Ukrainian territory.

* NOTE: Times are stated according to local time in Kyiv (GMT/UTC +3)

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There's a nice Calvert Journal photo gallery in the Guardian's New East section today:

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Good morning. We'll start the live blog for today with this short item from our news desk looking at what might happen now that Yatsenyuk is resigning:

Ukrainian President's Ally Set For Prime Minister

The resignation of Ukrainian Prime Minister Arseniy Yatsenyuk has cleared the way for an ally of the president to lead a reshaped government as the country looks to end its worst political crisis in two years.

Yatsenyuk quit on April 10 after weeks of pressure, but he said his party would remain part of a revamped ruling coalition, alongside that of President Petro Poroshenko.

Yatsenyuk, who came to power in 2014, said he would submit his resignation to parliament on April 12.

The current speaker, Volodymyr Hroysman, has been nominated by Poroshenko's party as a replacement and may be confirmed by lawmakers the same day.

Poroshenko said in an interview that he had received assurances during a recent visit to Washington that agreeing on a new cabinet would be enough to restart billions of dollars of international aid.

Based on reporting by AP and Bloomberg
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We are now closing the live blog for today. Until we resume again tomorrow morning, you can keep up with all out other Ukraine coverage here.

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