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A woman carries a baby as she passes destroyed houses following what locals say was overnight shelling by Ukrainian forces in the eastern town of Slovyansk on June 9.
A woman carries a baby as she passes destroyed houses following what locals say was overnight shelling by Ukrainian forces in the eastern town of Slovyansk on June 9.

Live Blog: Crisis In Ukraine (Archive)

Summary for June 9

-- Ukraine's Foreign Ministry says that Moscow and Kyiv have reached a "mutual understanding" on key parts of a plan proposed by President Petro Poroshenko for ending violence in separatist-controlled eastern Ukraine.

-- Reports say up to 20 armed gunmen were trying to seize property from a factory (Topaz) that makes communications and electronic-warfare equipment in the Donetsk region.

-- A deputy foreign minister says Russia will consider any expansion of NATO forces near its borders a "demonstration of hostile intentions" and "take the necessary political and military-technological measures to support our security."

-- A two-man crew for Russian Zvezda TV arrived in Moscow after being released from detention in Ukraine.

-- Serbian officials say their own work on the Russian-backed South Stream gas pipeline will have to be suspended after Bulgaria stopped construction of its portion based on EU and U.S. concerns.

-- Ukrainian security forces are reportedly still battling pro-Russian separatists in the east near Slovyansk and Donetsk.

*NOTE: Times are stated according to local time in Kyiv
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And the weather gets nasty in Kyiv:
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Ukrainian acting President Oleksandr Turchynov speaking to journalists after casting his ballot in Kyiv.
"After the presidential election -- pan-national election -- the structure of government in Ukraine will be complete; all the governmental institutions will be in place. It's very important, it is a core of stabilization of the situation in Ukraine. After that we will move towards our democratic, European, and peaceful future."
13:46 25.5.2014
From "the Kyiv Post's" live blog - Ukrainian soldiers accidenally scare off election workers in Luhansk:
Ukrainian soldiers who came to polls in Luhansk regions scared election officials and made them flee
4: 15 p.m. -- Oleksandr Chernenko, head of the Committee of Voters of Ukraine, an election watchdog, said that Ukrainians soldiers who came to vote at a polling station in Novovodyane village of Luhansk, scared election officials who ran for their lives, thinking the armed men were separatists.

Chernenko says that the soldiers, who are serving in that village, came dressed in full military outfits, and carried weapons.

“This really scared members of polling station, and the soldiers were left alone at the polling station. It took some time to persuade members of the commission that there is no danger. The military guys were in the voting lists, and had a right to receive ballots,” Chernenko wrote on his Facebook page.
13:47 25.5.2014
Good pic of storm over Kyiv:

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