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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

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Meanwhile, in Crimea...

Oleksandr Yanukovych, son of former Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych, has arrived in Crimea, according to Ukraine's Espreso TV channel. He is believed to live in Russia.

The younger Yanukovych was reportedly spotted in Simferopol airport after flying in from Moscow. A photo has been circulating that shows him getting into a car with a Ukrainian license plate. According to Espreso TV, the Yanukovych family has a residency in Crimea, where former first lady Lyudmyla Yanukovych currently lives.


The Ukrainian Security Service put Oleksandr Yanukovych on a wanted list in May 2014. He is suspected of forgery. The European Council has also imposed sanctions against Yanukovych junior until March 2016.

11:04 4.9.2015

Here's an update on how the shaky cease-fire has been holding up in eastern Ukraine:

Over the past day, one Ukrainian fighter has been killed in Donbas, according to Ukrainian military spokesman Andriy Lysenko. He said nobody else suffered wounds or injuries.

Lysenko added that the situation in the east of the country remains stable. Ukrainians have recorded five separatist violations of the cease-fire regime, but heavy weapons were not used.

In Luhansk Oblast, close to Krymske village, the separatists reportedly used grenade launchers for half an hour. In Donetsk Oblast fighting was only recorded close to the airport.

At the same time, the separatists from the self-proclaimed Donetsk People's Republic report that Ukraine violated the cease-fire eight times, while the "Luhansk People's Republic" says that Ukrainians fired only once.

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