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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)

22:28 16.4.2016

22:26 16.4.2016

A Radio Svoboda report on Ukraine's massive expenses in taking care of the people and areas affected by the Chornobyl nuclear accident as the 30th anniversary of the tragic event nears:

22:19 16.4.2016

Ukraine's agriculture minister on the sale of farmland in an exclusive interview:

22:18 16.4.2016

Photos of some Ukrainian Su-27s during a bombing drill:

22:11 16.4.2016

Latvia proposes a draft law on combating hybrid warfare:

22:10 16.4.2016

An expert talks to Radio Svoboda about the status of the ongoing but sparsely covered Minsk talks on resolving the conflict in eastern Ukraine:

22:04 16.4.2016

People in a Ukrainian village plant a "tree of peace."

22:04 16.4.2016

The Ukrainian government's problem in paying pensions in the separatist-held areas of the country:

22:02 16.4.2016

A discussion about Russia's role in the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict:

22:00 16.4.2016

Ukraine's Agriculture Ministry offers some promising news on the sector for farmers:

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