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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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Here's an item from our news desk. It seems like Petro Poroshenko is weighing in on the issue of violent Russian fans at Euro 2016:

Ukrainian President Says Violent Russian Soccer Fans Were 'Trained Killers'

Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko (right) made his remarks ahead of a meeting with his French counterpart Francois Hollande (left).
Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko (right) made his remarks ahead of a meeting with his French counterpart Francois Hollande (left).

Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko has said during a visit to France that Russian soccer fans behind violence in Marseille during the European Championships were "trained fighters who kill."

Poroshenko made the remark on French television ahead of a June 21 meeting in Paris with French President Francois Hollande.

Two Britons remained in a coma on June 21 after being seriously injured ahead of a June 11 Euro match in Marseille.

They were among 35 mostly British fans hurt in the three days of violence.

French prosecutors said the Russian fans in Marseille targeted England supporters in an orchestrated "hunt."

Three Russian fans were jailed for up to two years and six England fans were sentenced for up to six months.

Twenty Russians were expelled from France for violence -- including far-right fan leader Aleksandr Shprygin, who was expected to be expelled a second time on June 21 after sneaking back into the country.

Based on reporting by AFP and Reuters
14:49 21.6.2016

Here is today's map of the latest situation in the Donbas conflict zone, according to the Ukrainian Defense Ministry (CLIK IMAGE TO ENLARGE):

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Following his recent release in a prisoner swap, Hennadiy Afanasyev, a photographer from Crimea convicted in Russia of plotting terrorist attacks on the Moscow-occupied peninsula, tells why he decided to recant his testimony implicating fellow Ukrainians.

Read Confessions Of A Ukrainian 'Political Prisoner'

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