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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)

20:35 12.4.2016

Doesn't look like they'll be a vote on the coalition or government today. From Reuters:

Oleksiy Goncharenko, a deputy in Poroshenko's BPP faction, told journalists there was still no agreement on who would fill the ministerial posts of economy, energy, culture and health. The vote on the coalition and government would "hopefully" take place on Wednesday or Thursday, he said.

But MPs said the new cabinet would not include Yaresko and some other foreign-born technocrats brought in late in 2014 in the hope that their outsider status and international experience would help Ukraine root out corruption.

Her departure could be a disappointment for some of Ukraine's Western allies, who have praised her stewardship of the country's finances amid economic meltdown and a separatist conflict.

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12:52 12.4.2016

Cabinet talks continue in Kyiv:

Lawmakers in Ukraine are continuing efforts to agree a new coalition to end a political deadlock that has stalled billions of dollars in foreign loans.

Prime Minister Arseniy Yatsenyuk announced his resignation on April 10, and current parliament speaker Volodymyr Hroysman has emerged as his likely successor.

Yatsenyuk, who survived a no-confidence vote in parliament in February, has been blamed in part for the country's slow pace of reform.

However, Hroysman, an ally of President Petro Poroshenko, has apparently raised objections to candidates to fill cabinet posts.

Hroysman has the backing of the president's Petro Poroshenko Bloc (BPP) and the People's Front party.

Earlier on April 12, deputy speaker of parliament Andriy Parubiy said four independent deputies had joined the BPP faction.

That would mean BPP and the People's Front party have enough members to form a coalition with a small majority.

Meanwhile, a new cabinet appears to be taking shape.

Oleksandr Danylyuk, a former investment manager, has been mentioned as the likely new finance manager.

He would replace U.S.-born Natalie Jaresko, who has been praised for her handling of the country's finances amid economic meltdown and a conflict with Russia-backed separatists in the east.

The 40-year-old Danylyuk is the deputy head of Poroshenko's administration.

Analysts say his nomination could raise concerns among reformists that the reshuffle under Hroysman will consolidate power in the hands of the president and his circle. (Reuters, AFP)

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