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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)

11:57 10.11.2015
Rally near the Ukrainian parliament, 10 November 2015
Rally near the Ukrainian parliament, 10 November 2015

Ukraine's parliament has passed amendments to the law on the procedure of special confiscation of property from corrupt officials -- 272 deputies supported the decision during the second reading.

“The special confiscation will cover corruption offenses, money laundering, terrorism, drug trafficking and related crimes. The procedure of confiscation from third parties is written in the amendments exactly as in the relevant EU directive,” law enforcement committee head Andriy Kozhemyakin said.

The new amendments state that if a person wrongfully gains money or any type of valuables, and gives or sells them to a third party, the money or valuables will still be subject to special confiscation.

Ukrainian deputies failed to vote on the bill earlier, on November 5.

12:07 10.11.2015
12:11 10.11.2015
Aleksandr Aleksandrov (R) and Yevgeny Yerofeyev
Aleksandr Aleksandrov (R) and Yevgeny Yerofeyev

Aleksandr Aleksandrov and Yevgeny Yerofeyev, who had earlier claimed to be Russian military personnel, stated in court today that they were unemployed.

According to an RFE/RL Ukrainian Service correspondent, Yerofeyev also said that he doesn’t understand why he is being called a Russian military man.

Both men pleaded not guilty in charges of terrorism against them.

12:47 10.11.2015

“Adopt the laws today, so as not to flee to Rostov [-on-Don] tomorrow,” reads this banner.

The banner refers to former Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych, deposed by Euromaidan protesters in 2014, who fled to the Russian city of Rostov-on-Don.

The protesters gathered next to the Ukrainian Parliament today to demand the adoption of laws necessary to move on in the visa liberation process with the EU.

13:32 10.11.2015
14:28 10.11.2015

No Ukrainians were killed in Donbas over the past day, but four were injured, said presidential spokesman Oleksandr Motuzyanyk.

The separatists used 120-milimeter mortars near Popasna, he said. Ukrainian positions also came under separatist fire near Horlivka and Shyrokine.

The most unstable situation was reported in the Donetsk suburbs, where separatists reportedly used small arms and grenade launchers.

At the same time, the so-called “DPR” reports that Ukrainians violated the cease-fire regime 11 times and states that the situation in Donbas is worsening. So-called “LPR,” however, has not provided information about the military situation on the territory they control.

15:04 10.11.2015

Protesters outside the Ukrainian parliament who are demanding deputies vote for laws required by the EU to lift the visa regime, are using Game of Thrones references.

Cersei also didn’t listen to her people,” this banner reads.

15:30 10.11.2015
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