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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)

19:25 7.5.2016

Prime Minister Volodymyr Hroysman announced today that a special interagency group will be set up to monitor the customs procedures in an effort to prevent corruption.

18:56 7.5.2016

A cool GIF with photos of celebrations in the western Ukrainian city of Ivano-Frankivsk, which celebrated its city day today.

18:54 7.5.2016

Pro-Russian representatives in the Crimean city of Yevpatoriya detained and questioned 25 Crimean Tatars today:

18:46 7.5.2016

RFE/RL's Crimean desk has this report on Crimean history:

18:44 7.5.2016

Roman Nasirov, head of Ukraine's State Fiscal Service, announced plans to create 20 mobile units to combat smuggling along the country's western border.

18:41 7.5.2016

A Radio Svoboda video report on President Petro Poroshenko at the unveiling of a monument to Cossack hetman Ivan Mazepa in the city of Poltava today.

18:36 7.5.2016

The Ukrainian military reports more Russia-backed separatist snipers have been shooting along the Line of Contact in different parts of the Donbas region.

22:44 6.5.2016

We are now closing the live blog for today. Until we resume again tomorrow, you can keep up with all our other Ukraine coverage here.

22:41 6.5.2016

20:47 6.5.2016

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