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

Live Blog: Ukraine In Crisis (Archive)

September 29, 2016 07:28 CET

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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Here is today's map of the security situation in eastern Ukraine, according to the National Security and Defense Council (CLICK TO ENLARGE):

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Our multimedia department have sent us this Reuters video of the attorney handling the MH17 lawsuit:

MH17 Lawyer Calls For Australian Help With Lawsuit

Jerry Skinner, the lawyer seeking $330 million compensation from Russia for the families of people killed in the downing of Malaysian airlines flight MH17 in Ukraine in 2014, has called for Australian diplomatic pressure on Moscow. Skinner also said there was "no mystery" surrounding the tragedy, and that Russian President Vladimir Putin was responsible.

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