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An activist stops a lorry near the village of Chongar, in the Kherson region adjacent to Crimea.
An activist stops a lorry near the village of Chongar, in the Kherson region adjacent to Crimea.

Live Blog: Ukraine In Crisis (ARCHIVE)

Follow all of the latest developments as they happen.

Final Summary For September 21

-- NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg has called on Russia to withdraw heavy weapons from eastern Ukraine.

-- No trucks have passed through the administrative border from mainland Ukraine to Crimea overnight, according to Oleh Slobodyan, the spokesperson for Ukraine’s State Border Service.

-- Hundreds of pro-Kyiv activists from Crimea's Tatar community and other opposition activists are taking part in the blockade of roads from Ukraine to the Crimean peninsula to protest Russia's annexation of the region last year.

-- The German government has criticized Russia for not distancing itself from plans by Russian-backed separatists to hold local elections in eastern Ukraine without consulting Kyiv.

*NOTE: Times are stated according to local time in Kyiv

14:10 27.8.2015

13:56 27.8.2015

Seven Ukrainian fighters were killed, 13 wounded yesterday in Donbas, reported Ukrainian military spokesman Oleksandr Motuznyak.

13:28 27.8.2015

President Poroshenko has arrived in Brussels.

He is planning to meet European Commission Chief Jean Claude Juncker, European Council President Donald Tusk and Belgian Prime Minister Charles Michel.

13:06 27.8.2015

Here is a map of the latest situation in the Donbas conflict zone today, issued by Ukraine's Defense Ministry (CLICK TO ENLARGE):

12:44 27.8.2015

12:42 27.8.2015

12:42 27.8.2015

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12:12 27.8.2015

A Twitter user calls Ukrainian Finance Minister Natalie Yaresko, who reached a debt-restructuring deal with international creditors today, “a financial cyborg.”​

“There are military cyborgs, and there are financial ones. Bravo!” reads the tweet.

The tweet is a reference to the well-known pro-Ukrainian armed volunteers who attempted to protect the Donetsk Airport and were nicknamed "cyborgs" for their tenacity.

12:11 27.8.2015

President Petro Poroshenko says on his Twitter account that 12 Ukrainian fighters were freed from separatist captivity. “Soon their families can hug the Heroes,” he wrote.

Earlier today, Current Time correspondent Timor Olevsky, who witnessed the exchange, reported that only 11 Ukrainians were returned.

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