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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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Original tweet from Ukraine's foreign minister

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16:53 20.7.2016

Most Ukraine coverage today is understandably dominated by the killing of journalist Pavel Sheremet, but this is also happening:

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14:51 20.7.2016

Here's another video from RFE/RL's Ukrainian Service in which an eyewitness gives his version of the events surrounding the death of journalist Pavel Sheremet in an explosion:

He 'Was Not Alive' -- Belarusian Journalist In Car Blast Could Not Be Saved

An eyewitness said Belarusian journalist Pavel Sheremet was already dead when people tried to rescue him from his car that was destroyed by an explosion in the Ukrainian capital, Kyiv. Sheremet was driving to work on the morning of July 20 when his vehicle blew up. Officials suspect a bomb was planted in the car. A man named Oleksiy, who saw the blast, said people rushed to pull Sheremet from the vehicle but he was not alive. (WARNING: Graphic description)

He 'Was Not Alive' -- Belarusian Journalist In Car Blast Could Not Be Saved
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14:39 20.7.2016

A tweet from RFE/RL's Ukrainian Service with CCTV footage that appears to show the explosion that killed Pavel Sheremet. (NOTE: some viewers might find the images upsetting).

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