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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21:52 25.12.2015

21:53 25.12.2015

We are now closing the live blog for today. Until we resume again tomorrow morning, you can keep up with all our other Ukraine coverage here.

11:44 26.12.2015

The live blog is now up for December 26. Stop by for the latest news from Ukraine.

12:25 26.12.2015

Three Ukrainian soldiers wounded in southeastern Ukraine over past 24 hours, according to the country's military. No fatalities reported.

12:29 26.12.2015

Explosion reported in the Solomen district of the Ukrainian capital, Kyiv. No further details immediately available.

12:49 26.12.2015

The western Ukrainian city of Chmelnyckyj welcomes its new police force.

10:40 27.12.2015

10:41 27.12.2015

Very sad story.

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