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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From Interfax:

ISSUE OF SAVCHENKO HANDOVER TO UKRAINE TO SERVE PUNISHMENT MAY BE DISCUSSED - RUSSIAN JUSTICE MINISTER

12:34 9.10.2015

Russia not discussing plans to restructure Ukraine's debt - RIA cites source

MOSCOW, Oct 9 (Reuters) -- The Russian government is not discussing plans to restructure Ukraine's debt, RIA news agency quoted a government source as saying on Friday.

Russian Finance Minister Anton Siluanov has previously said Russia will demand full repayment of a $3 billion Eurobond from Ukraine in December.

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In today's Daily Vertical, RFE/RL's Brian Whitmore questions European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker's comments yesterday about Russia:

The Daily Vertical: Seriously, Mr. Juncker?!

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The Daily Vertical: Seriously, Mr. Juncker?!

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