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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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10:59 11.12.2015

The latest fight in Ukraine's parliament.

11:56 11.12.2015

This was the incident/fight in parliament today.

14:53 11.12.2015

More from our news desk on the scuffle in the parliament:

A fight broke out among deputies belonging to Ukraine's ruling coalition after a lawmaker tried to remove Prime Minister Arseniy Yatsenyuk from the podium as he spoke to parliament.

Yatsenyuk was defending his government's record when lawmaker Oleh Barna -- a member of President Petro Poroshenko's political party -- tried to give the prime minister a bouquet of roses.

He then grabbed Yatsenyuk around the waist and lifted him up before other deputies came and forced Barna to release him.

Several lawmakers then scuffled with each other and threw some punches for several minutes before order was restored.

Support for Yatsenyuk has fallen dramatically in the past year as his government has passed austerity measures and other economic reforms.

Yatseniuk, 41, took office exactly one year ago in an agreement that gave his government immunity from being sacked.

He told lawmakers he would not "cling to his chair" as prime minister and would accept a parliament vote to dismiss him if that was the result of a confidence vote.

Ukraine must still pass laws on critical tax and budget bills as well as on judicial issues in order to receive some $4 billion in international loans.

Based on reporting by Reuters and AP

15:36 11.12.2015

A Yatsenyuk meme has inevitably taken off on the Internet:

15:40 11.12.2015

Yatsenyuk fever, catch it!

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